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Professor Oktawiusz Jurewicz as a Byzantinist (1926–2016) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The authors summarize the academic legacy of late Oktawiusz Jurewicz and his role as a leading Polish byzantinist of the second half of the 20th century.
Kompa, Andrzej, Leszka, Mirosław J.
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Hide and Seek. Roads, Lookouts and Directional Visibility Cones in Central Anatolia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In Cappadocia (central Turkey), routes that were only of a secondary importance during the Roman age acquired a new relevance starting from the end of the 7th century.
Salemi, Giuseppe, Turchetto, Jacopo
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Development of a settlement on the northeastern promontory at 'Marea' [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2020
The ancient topography of the settlement on the northeastern promontory at ‘Marea’ (North Hawariya) was the subject of investigations carried out at the site in 2018 within the frame of a broader excavation project. Fieldwork established the date of some
Tomasz Derda   +2 more
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Skeletal evidence of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) in a collective burial from Byzantine Greece

open access: yesAnthropological Review, 2018
The paper reports on a collective burial from a 13th c. AD cist grave in Attica, Greece. The grave was located inside a basilica and held the remains of at least ten adults.
Tritsaroli Paraskevi
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Impact of earthquakes on agriculture during the Roman–Byzantine period from pollen records of the Dead Sea laminated sediment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Dead Sea region holds the archives of a complex relationship between an ever-changing nature and ancient civilisations. Regional pollen diagrams show a Roman–Byzantine period standing out in the recent millennia by its wetter climate that allowed ...
Amiran   +24 more
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“The Gates of Eternal Life”: Metamorphosis and Performativity in Middle to Late Byzantine Sculpted Church Doors (with a Case Study of a Wallachian Wooden Door)

open access: yesReligions
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in analyzing the manufacturing techniques of Byzantine church doors in laboratory settings. However, the connection between the iconography and significance of the décor of church doors and their ...
Elisabeta Negrău
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“Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark” – Diseases of Emperors and Prominent Persons in Byzantine Historical Narratives as an Expression of Turmoil in the Empire

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения
The Byzantine emperors and officials suffered from the diseases. Information about them was employed in Byzantine historical texts as a literary motif in order to express corruption of the ruling class in the Empire and criticism of imperial policy.
Bojana Pavlović
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Theories and cures of the rheumatic diseases during the byzantine period (330-1453 a.D.)

open access: yesReumatismo, 2011
Most Byzantine medical texts described the rheumatic diseases. The Byzantine physicians, based on the ancient Greek texts, explained the causes of rheumatic diseases, described their symptoms and proposed certain treatments. The Byzantine medical sources
E. Poulakou-Rebelakou   +2 more
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The Judean desert monasteries in the Byzantine period [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Reviewed Book: Hirschfeld, Yizhar. The Judean desert monasteries in the Byzantine period.
Baglole, Kevin J.
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The Role of the Bible in the Formation of Philosophical Thought in Kievan Rus’ (as Exemplified by Ilarion of Kiev, Kliment Smolatič, and Kirill of Turov) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The article is an attempt to critically evaluate the manifestations of the philosophical culture sprouting in Rus’. With the baptism in the Byzantine Rite, Rus’ in the 10th century joined the family of Christian nations and defined the future direction ...
Kroczak, Justyna
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