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DECEPTIVE SANCTITY: The Geopolitics of Shrines and Concealed Antiquities in Afghanistan

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 82-106, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores a widely circulated legend in Afghanistan in which foreigners are believed to create shrines to conceal buried antiquities. It represents one of several narratives in which locals express mistrust of foreign motivations and geopolitical deception.
SHAMIM HOMAYUN
wiley   +1 more source

The Christian Nubia and the Arabs

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2015
Nubia constituted the area in the Nile Valley in the present day Sudan, the area which spread from the first cataract up to the place where the White Nile meets the Blue Nile. The area was inhabited by the population using a common language – Old Nubian.
Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka
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Erasure‐Coded Sharding and Proof‐of‐Storage for Practical Blockchain Trilemma Balance

open access: yesIET Blockchain, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
The proposed storage‐first blockchain framework resolves the blockchain trilemma by synergistically combining decentralised storage, zero‐knowledge proofs and sharded proof‐of‐storage consensus. Empirical evaluation demonstrates a peak throughput of 2800 transactions per second with low latency and strong Byzantine fault tolerance, while substantially ...
Saha Reno   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harald Sigurdsson and the Russo-Byzantine War of 1043

open access: yesSlovene, 2014
The present article analyzes Kekaumenos’ commentary on the service of Harald Sigurdsson in the Byzantine army. Special attention is given to the composition of Consilia et Narrationes and the historiographic perception of this text.
Oleksandr M. Fylypchuk
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Enhancing Security and Transparency in Satellite Data Transactions Using Ethereum‐Based Blockchain

open access: yesThe Journal of Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
This study presents an Ethereum‐based framework for securing satellite data transactions using ERC1155 tokenization, Proof of Authority consensus, and Threshold Cryptography. The system achieves low latency, high throughput, and significantly reduced gas costs while providing strong resistance against MITM, Sybil, and reentrancy attacks.
Saha Reno   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mountainous vegetation succession and land use during the last millennium in the Peloponnese (southern Greece): Environmental change and economic development in an isolated periphery

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1269-1284, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Mediterranean mountainous areas and their valuable natural resources have long been attractive to human societies. The Peloponnese (southern Greece), with its complex topographic and climatic variability, has been the scenery for the development of numerous human communities.
Katerina Kouli   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retired Army Bulletin, Vol. III

open access: yes, 2020
Bulletin published by the United States Department of the Army for it's retirees, featuring the article "Recommendations-Army Chief of Staff Retiree Councils 9th ...
Department of the Army
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Imperial systems and local landscapes of Buldan Yayla in Western Anatolia (Türkiye) during the last 4000 years: An integrated palynological, historical, and archaeological approach

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Julián Byzantine, guitarra (Reino Unido)

open access: yes, 1993
Concierto celebrado por el guitarrista Julián Byzantine. Byzantine es uno de los más conocidos y aplaudidos concertistas de la Gran Bretaña. Sus presentaciones en 67 países han suscitado los más elogiosos comentarios. Nació en Londres.
Byzantine, Julián - Guitarra (Reino Unido)
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