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Skull Triangles: Flinders Petrie, Race Theory and Biometrics
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2016 In 1902 the Egyptian archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie published a graph of triangles indicating skull size, shape and ‘racial ability’.
Debbie Challis
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Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Challenging the narrative about howler monkeys' high resilience to anthropogenic changes, our multiscale analysis reveals the costs of habitat disturbance to their movement ecology. We identify thermal limitations, reduced travel efficiency, and significant spatial saturation.
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete +4 more
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Creating Voices: Ancient to Modern at the Petrie Museum
Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, 2012 How do you voice the ancient past? How do you speak a language, the pronunciation of which is contested? Can animate objects speak and if they could, what stories would they tell? Who has the right to make those decisions?
Debbie Challis
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Two relief fragments from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in the Egypt Centre, Swansea [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 During a student handling session at the Egypt Centre, Swansea University, two relief fragments from Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el-Bahari were identified.
Kenneth Griffin
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The study of ancient Egyptian fingerprints: preliminary remarks
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 Preliminary results of the scientific project on ancient fingerprints, born from the cooperation between the Egyptian Museum in Turin and the Department of the Scientific Police are discussed.
Matilde Borla, Andrea Giuliano
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An Archaeological study of some lamps models with personification of Human Faces "From the Roman Era in Egyptian Museums." [PDF]
Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2020 This research paper is presenting a study of some of the three dimensional stereoscopic models of lamps (lanterns) of Roman Egypt with personal human faces through some of the various models which are preserved in Egyptian museums Nubian Museum in Aswan /
Dr/Shahira abdel Hamid Hashem
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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Our current understanding of the origins of Homo sapiens is limited, in part, by the fragmented fossil record from Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Africa. Here, we re‐examine the Kabua 1 cranium, an enigmatic and little‐studied Kenyan fossil discovered in the 1950s. We compare virtual reconstructions created previously by our team with a wide range
Abel Marinus Bosman +7 more
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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A Concise Look into Contact Angle Measurements in Heritage Characterization [PDF]
Advanced Research in Conservation ScienceThis article provides a body of knowledge on contact angle measurements and their role in heritage preservation. The contact angle method is an essential tool for evaluating the wetting characteristics of heritage materials, including stone, wood ...
Mina Magdy
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