The votive plaques in the Oxus and Mir Zakah treasures: what they tell about the cults [PDF]
This paper proposes a comparison between the votive plaques which were part of the Oxus and Mir Zakah treasures, both dating for the main to the Achaemenid period. In a first section the questions of provenance and authenticity are discussed.
Frantz Grenet
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Khat Induced Toxicity: Role on Its Modulating Effects on Inflammation and Oxidative Stability
Long‐term khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) chewing has negative effects on human body. Khat constituents appear to be capable of disturbing the delicate equilibrium between damaging and protective mechanisms of a cell that is essential for optimal activity, thereby producing oxidative damage.
Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab +4 more
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Iskandar Tepa. Preliminary report for archaeological excavation in season 2018 (south Uzbekistan) [PDF]
Following up on the previous extensive surface surveys in the valleys and steppe of the Kugitang Mountains Piedmont in 2016 and 2017, the Czech Uzbek archaeological expedition conducted small scale trial exca vations at the site of Iskandar Tepa, which ...
Ladislav Stančo +6 more
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Infective Endocarditis Presented with Unusual Intracardiac Mass
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a systemic disease that is presented with different symptoms and signs. Cardiac manifestation is rare in ALL, but it is very important and needs appropriate management. It usually presents as leukemic myocardial infiltration and in the presence of cardiac mass comprehensive evaluation for other etiologies is ...
Ali Sadeghpour Tabaei +4 more
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The following paper examines processes of exchange and transfer of cultural patterns, forms of representation and religious concepts via commerce and monetary systems. It focuses on the monetary history of ancient Iran, Bactria as well as Northwestern
Matthias Hoernes
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Alexander the Undertaker: Persians, Bactrians, and ataphoi [PDF]
Alexander’s famous ban of the exposure of the corpses in Bactra has been long studied. Mostly the discussion has focused on the veracity of the account and his compliance with the Zoroastrian rites.
Marc Mendoza
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Genetic and Cultural Reconstruction of the Migration of an Ancient Lineage
A rare R1a1 Y‐haplogroup (Y‐HG) L657 clade subtype designated as LPKSTR is found in most male members of a clan of “founder” families within the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community in Lotli town in Western India. TMRCA calculations using pairwise comparisons to control cohorts suggested a probable migration history distinct from the canonical narrative for
Desmond D. Mascarenhas +4 more
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Kawi and Their Role in Statehood in Ancient Bactria during Formation Period
This article seeks to illuminate the historical and cultural processes of Ancient Bactria by analyzing written and archaeological sources. It critically examines inaccuracies and inconsistencies in existing historiography while reconstructing Bactria’s ...
Nozim M. Ikromov, Abdusamad A. Fayziyev
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The Iron Gate and its environs in the Hellenistic period. Preliminary report for archaeological research in the Baysun District (South Uzbekistan), Season 2019 [PDF]
is report summarizes the starting points, methods and results of the archaeological research of the Czech-Uzbek team investigating the Hellenistic selements in the vicinity of Darband, in the upper reaches of the Sherabad Darya, in the Baysun District ...
Ladislav Stančo +8 more
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Norm Circles and the Limitations of European Union Normative Projection in Afghanistan
ABSTRACT Norm diffusion research explains the international travel of norms in semantic terms, through resonance, framing, grafting and localisation. Such accounts presuppose norms to be portable objects whose identity persists through transit. Yet, ontologically, norms exert causal force only where a real social group endorses and enforces them.
Oz Hassan
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