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A selection of frescoes in the tombs of Bagwat region from the first to the sixth centuries AD [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Al-Turāṯ wa Al-Taṣmīm, 2023 Bagwat tombs are one of the oldest gatherings of Christian cemeteries in Egypt and a witness to an important transitional stage in the history of El Kharga Oasis in the Western Desert, which is the Roman period until the advent of Christianity and then ...
Rana Basheer
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Hoard of Late Roman Gold Coins from the Dakhla Oasis "Analytical and Comparative Study with Analogues in ancient Egypt" [PDF]
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Heritage Research, 2023 The study aims to uncover a group of late Roman gold coins dating from the era of Emperor Constantius II, which were discovered within the Dakhla Oasis, where impressive group of Roman archaeological evidence found, transferred and preserved in the ...
Fatma Ali Abbas Mohamed +2 more
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Cannibal Maria in the Siege of Jerusalem: New approaches
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay traces the far‐reaching legend of Maria/Miriam of Bethezuba, sometimes called Mary, Marie, or Marion, a starving Jewish woman who (according to Flavius Josephus's The Jewish War) ate her own baby during the 70 CE Roman Siege of Jerusalem.
Mo Pareles
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Cognitive decline assessment in speakers of understudied languages
Alzheimer's &Dementia: Translational Research &Clinical Interventions, Volume 9, Issue 4, October‐December 2023., 2023 Abstract Projected trends in population aging have forecasted a massive increase in the number of people with dementia, in particular in sub‐Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Cognitive decline is a significant marker for dementia, typically assessed with standardized neuropsychological tools that have been validated in ...
Oula Hatahet +2 more
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Orthodox Christianity in the United States: A challenge for the study of American religion
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 5-6, May-June 2023., 2023 Abstract Arguably one of the oldest forms of Christianity, with a global population of more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is a major religious system, with networks of believers on almost every continent. However, within the study of American religion, as well as most of the social sciences and humanities (not including theology ...
Sarah Riccardi‐Swartz
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 618-632, April 2023., 2023 Abstract In 1979, a group of activists belonging to the EPLF (the Eritrean People's Liberation Front) came across a materialistic interpretation of the national question, which was penned at the turn of the century by one Dov Ber Borochov (1881–1917), a Russian–Jewish intellectual who was a leading ideologue of Marxist Zionism. Among the fruits of this
Leonardo Cohen
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A note on two unpublished Coptic textiles from Belgrade [PDF]
Zograf, 2017 This text presents to the academic public two so-far unpublished pieces from the collection of Coptic textiles housed at the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade.
Erdeljan Jelena
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BLIND SPOTS IN MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY: Ancient Egypt in the Ethnographic Museum
Museum Anthropology, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 96-110, Fall 2022., 2022 abstract In the past few decades, the literature in museum anthropology has advocated efforts to be more transparent about its colonial origins, address the historical injustices of imperial collecting, and rethink display narratives in collaboration with source communities.
Alice Stevenson, Alice Williams
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Heritage practices as development's blind spot: A case study of Coptic tattooing in Libya and Egypt
Development Policy Review, Volume 40, Issue 4, July 2022., 2022 Summary Motivation The relationship between heritage and international development has been understudied despite more recent attempts to highlight the role of culture, and heritage as an element of it, for holistic and sustainable conceptions of development.
Mariz Tadros
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Why Did the Origenist Controversy Begin? Re‐thinking the Standard Narratives
Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 318-337, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The Origenist controversy at the end of the fourth century was largely played out within a monastic context, and had, moreover, an immediate and extensive impact on the movement. In spite of this, studies of the controversy and its causes have mainly focused on the dogmatic issues foregrounded in the controversy, neglecting the more ...
Samuel Rubenson
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