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The Unexpected Discovery of Paleocene? Coals in Outcrops Thought to Be Cambrian, Al Huqf, Oman

open access: yesJournal of Petroleum Geology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Two brown organic deposits were encountered whilst investigating kaolinitic claystones thought to occur at the base of a Cambrian formation at outcrop. The age of these organic deposits is probably Paleocene from palynology. Organic petrography shows that they are subbituminous coals with some oil source potential.
Mohammed H. Al Kindi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Civilizing the Nation: Travel, Civility and Bourgeois Nationalism in Israel

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reads The Lapid Guide to Europe, a bestselling Hebrew‐language travel guide published from the 1970s to the 1990s, as a form of bourgeois nationalism enacted through everyday practices of behaviour. Written by journalist and Holocaust survivor Tommy Lapid, the guide operated as civic pedagogy, instructing Israeli travellers in ...
Daniel Mahla
wiley   +1 more source

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN METAL ARTIFACTS: LASTING FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGAINST CORROSION [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Materials Science and Engineering
Metals were used to make artifacts and medical tools in ancient times. This review article focuses on the gold and silver metal artifacts of the ancient Egyptian and their protection against corrosion.
Amin A. EL-MELIGI
doaj   +1 more source

The Pictures and the Frame: Banknote Iconography and Bottom‐Up Nationalism in Pre‐ and Post‐Revolutionary Tunisia

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Bottom‐up nationalism’—the belief that the nation is of the people, by the people and for the people—can serve as a powerful collective action frame for mass mobilization. We study the evolution of Tunisian dinar banknote iconography as an indicator of the institutionalization of bottom‐up nationalism before and after the Jasmine Revolution ...
Jacques E. C. Hymans, Chloe Bernadaux
wiley   +1 more source

Stela and Fragments in the Grand Egyptian Museum [PDF]

open access: yesمجـلة کلية الآثـار بقنا - جامعة جنوب الوادي, 2019
This paper is focusing on four  funerary fragments, namely inventory numbers Sr. 14170 , 10322 , and Sr 10220, preserved in the Grand Egyptian Museum.
openaire   +1 more source

The Use and Functions of English in Egyptian Social Media

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the contemporary functions of English in Egypt through two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, it provides an updated account of the status and roles of English in the country, revisiting and extending Schaub's assessment in light of significant historical, socio‐economic and linguistic developments over the past two ...
Lucia La Causa
wiley   +1 more source

Through the Sands of Time: Evolutionary History and Systematics of the Awl‐Headed Snakes (Colubridae: Lytorhynchus) in the Saharo‐Sindian Region

open access: yesZoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The psammophilous colubrid genus Lytorhynchus is widely distributed in the deserts of the Saharo‐Sindian region and adjacent areas. The taxonomy of the genus and the number of recognised species have remained unstable since the last taxonomic revision in 1970, with differing views on the taxonomic status of L. gaddi and L. kennedyi.
Lukáš Pola   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

By studying the history of ancient Egyptian monuments in private collections in Russia

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2012
The article is devoted to studying the history of the monuments in private collections of ancient Egyptian art in Russia. In modern conditions of a specific competition and the negative attitude of the museum community to private collectors is especially
N Aleksandrovna Lebedeva
doaj  

The study of the historical development of glass in ancient times

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2019
This paper discusses historical development of glass in ancient times, identify the most important characteristics of glass in every era of time, through the study of their properties, chemical composition of the types of glass and production methods ...
Shaimaa Salama
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1500-1516, September 2026.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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