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An Etruscan solution to a Celtic problem

, 2009
It is argued that what used to be called "P-Celtic" arose because Etruscans could not pronounce properly the Indo-European languages which they encountered in and around Italy. Etruscan influence can neatly explain not only the phenomenon of P-Celtic but
Counihan, Martin
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Lichens Mentioned by Pedanios Dioscorides [PDF]

, 2012
Lichens are included in the classification system of fungi and have been used in medicine, pharmacy and industry from antiquity to present day in the treatment of various diseases.
Yavuz, Mustafa
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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From the ancient Greek myth to the Russian literary archetypes in I.A. Goncharov’s novels

Literature at School, 2020
The article deals with the mythological sub-text as one of the connective means in the novel trilogy by Goncharov. The author of the article assumes that the creative thinking of Goncharov’s is epic and his understanding of world literary types can be seen as the basis for the theory of literary archetypes. The novelty of the approach to the sources is
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The History of Religion: Ancient Rome Edition 1960–2026

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Celia E. Schultz
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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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INTRODUCTION [PDF]

, 2012
This is the introduction to the content of the jounrnal\u27s special issue (vol. 4 no. 1 / January 2013) celebrating the tenth anniversary of the International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy (ISCWP), which includes five
Tan, Sor-hoon
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Aaliyah: Antigone the voice for British South Asian Muslim Communities

Forma Breve
As with most Greek tragedies, the appeal of these ancient texts is their ability to continually talk to our sense of humanity and ask ‘what would you do?’. They specifically lend themselves well as case studies to civic discussions; therefore, it is not
Lottie Parkyn
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“Now we don't have that freedom to not work”: Childhood and parenting in insecurity culture

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Allison J. Pugh
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Hardy and God: Tess of the D\u27Urberville\u27s Role as the Ultimate Pawn [PDF]

, 2006
Thomas Hardy\u27s Tess of the D \u27Urbervilles has multiple competing claims which are difficult to reconcile within the schools ofhist0l1cal, feminist, or classical criticism. A better way to approach the novel is to look at Tess as a pawn within Hardy\
Hamann, Georgia
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