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Abstract Background Migraine is a neurological disorder with well‐established diagnostic criteria. In its current formulation, migraine is a modern‐day diagnosis, whereas descriptions consistent with migraine may date back to ancient civilizations. Objective This study aimed to investigate whether symptoms consistent with migraine without aura, as ...
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The importance of considering historical data in developing conservation and restoration measures for individual species and for wider ecological restoration has been pointed out by recent reviews but often remains neglected in practice. This paper provides a case study illustrating the issue through a review of the former breeding distribution of the ...
Duncan J. Halley
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Interview with Dr. Alice Stevenson
Dr. Alice Stevenson is the newly appointed Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies at UCL Institute of Archaeology and the course coordinator for Collections Curatorship and Ancient Egyptian Archaeology. In this interview she reflects on her career in academia
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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL
University College London houses one of the world’s most important collections of ancient Egyptian material, the majority excavated by Flinders Petrie, his students and his successors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is a museum of archaeology that helps to explain the development of a discipline that was in its infancy when Petrie worked ...
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Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
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THE ASTRAL ENTITIES Ixmw sk AND Ixmw wrD IN THE PYRAMID AND COFFIN TEXTS FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE [PDF]
The two linguistic structures Ixmw sk and Ixmw wrD were mentioned during the Old Kingdom in the Pyramid Texts in common written forms, and they were also associated with determinatives indicating a semantic concept that links them to resurrection ...
Yomna Khaled, Ayman Waziry, Samir Adeeb
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ABSTRACT Plumage colour in domestic geese is an important economic trait and a selection target since the early days of domestication. In European domestic geese of greylag goose (Anser anser) origin, white plumage is known to be determined by two independent loci, one causing white spotting and another sex‐linked dilution, together producing white ...
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Notes on the Concept and Significance of the Astral Entities Ixmw sk and Ixmw wrD in the Ancient Egyptian Language [PDF]
Egypt served as a base for astronomical sciences, where astronomy was subjected at that time to the laws of nature, which viewed celestial bodies as belonging to worship and deities more than as a subject of scientific study.
Yomna Khaled, Ayman Waziry, Samir Adeeb
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Do You See What I See? Aspects of Color Choice and Perception in Ancient Egyptian Painting
Color in ancient Egypt has been examined through linguistics, anthropological theory and archaeological science. In recent years, attention has focused on the application of art historical theories of reception and perception to ancient Egyptian art, but
Strong Meghan E.
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