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Images of Ancient Egypt in unpublished memoirs of Russian women (female) travelers at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries

open access: yesВестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология
The article examines the peculiarities of the historical perception of Ancient Egypt by Russian women travelers. The author analyzes unpublished sources from the funds of the Russian State Historical Archive, Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts,
V. V. Vasilik, D. A. Kharina
doaj   +1 more source

Proto-Surgery in Ancient Egypt

open access: yesActa Medica, 1998
This article investigates the evidence we have for the existence of proto-surgery in ancient Egypt during the Dynastic Period (c.3200 - 323 BC). Climate and chance have preserved medical literature as well as paleoarcheological specimens and these ...
Richard Sullivan
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Through a Glass Darkly: Magic, dreams, and prophecy in Ancient Egypt

open access: yes, 2015
The Social Context of Magic in the 3rd Millennium & Middle Kingdom (John Baines) The End is Near (Leonard Lesko) Corn Mummies: "Amulets of Life" (Maria Costanza Centrone) The Spitting Goddess and the Stoney Eye: Divinity and Flint in Pharaonic Egypt ...
Kasia Szpakowska, John D. Baines
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Geophysical Investigations at the Artemision at Amarynthos of Euboea (Greece)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A combination of resistivity mapping and three‐dimensional electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) was used to investigate the subsurface of the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia in Amarynthos, Euboea (Greece), an area where archaeological remains from the Bronze Age to the post‐Byzantine period are preserved.
G. N. Tsokas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Fourth-Century AD Expansion of the Graeco-Roman Settlement of Karanis (Kom Aushim) in the Northern Fayum* [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Graeco-Roman town of Karanis, founded during the Ptolemaic Period in the north-eastern Fayum in the third century bc and long thought to have been abandoned in the third century ad actually saw a substantial expansion during the fourth century AD ...
Barnard, Hans   +4 more
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Resurrection imageries: A study of the motives for extravagant burial rituals in ancient Egypt

open access: yes, 2015
Unlike in the New Testament whereby faith in Christ can resurrect the dead, the ancient Egyptians believed that the bereaved created the resurrection of their deceased through burial rituals and by encouraging the living to serve their kings.
J. M. Agai
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Archaeological Damage Assessment in Conflict Zones: Integrating Satellite Imagery and Ground Surveys in Daraa, Syria

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Satellite remote sensing is among the most significant modern methodologies supporting field archaeology. In addition to its efficiency in identifying archaeological sites, remote sensing offers a safe and cost‐effective approach in conflict zones.
Amal Al Kassem   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Did the ancient Egyptians migrate to ancient Nigeria?

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2014
Literatures concerning the history of West African peoples published from 1900 to 1970 debate the possible migrations of the Egyptians into West Africa.
Jock M. Agai
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Faience: the ceramic technology of ancient Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Faiences are ancient Egyptian ceramic materials, considered as "high-tech" products. The paper discussed the method by which the faiences were produced and the application of SEM and Raman spectroscopy to their ...
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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