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A Revolution in Egyptology, or an Egyptology of the Revolution?
, 2019 Russia, and the various contrasting political entities that have embraced it over the past two centuries, provides an excellent setting for studies of how political change can influence academic disciplines. Egyptology is no exception in this regard, and this paper will seek to demonstrate how in a Russian context this discipline went through a number ...
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On two arguments for fanaticism
Noûs, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 565-595, September 2024.Abstract Should we make significant sacrifices to ever‐so‐slightly lower the chance of extremely bad outcomes, or to ever‐so‐slightly raise the chance of extremely good outcomes? Fanaticism says yes: for every bad outcome, there is a tiny chance of extreme disaster that is even worse, and for every good outcome, there is a tiny chance of an enormous ...
Jeffrey Sanford Russell
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 184, Issue 4, August 2024.Abstract Objectives This study presents biological affinities between the last hunter‐fisher‐gatherers and first food‐producing societies from the Nile Valley. We investigate odontometric and dental tissue proportion changes between these populations from the Middle Nile Valley and acknowledge the biological processes behind them.
Nicolas Martin +14 more
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Challenges posed by hijacked journals in Scopus
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 75, Issue 4, Page 395-422, April 2024.Abstract This study presents and explains the phenomenon of indexjacking, which involves the systematic infiltration of hijacked journals into international indexing databases, with Scopus being one of the most infiltrated among these databases. Through an analysis of known lists of hijacked journals, the study identified at least 67 hijacked journals ...
Anna Abalkina
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History and Theory, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 45-70, March 2024.ABSTRACT This article discusses the impact of genomic history, a subdiscipline that emerged in the study of the ancient Mediterranean in the 2010s. In 2014, scientists first published a method for extracting genetic material, which they christened aDNA (ancient DNA), from ancient human remains in hot climates.
Christopher Stedman Parmenter
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Anti‐natalism is incompatible with Theory X
Bioethics, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 114-120, February 2024.Abstract The anti‐natalist philosopher David Benatar defends a position asserting that all life is harmful, and that it is, therefore, wrong to have children. In this paper, I critique Benatar's less‐discussed claim that his anti‐natalism provides solutions to population ethics problems, such as the Non‐Identity Problem, the Repugnant Conclusion, and ...
Fumitake Yoshizawa
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 17-34, January/February 2024.Abstract In ancient Egypt, lakes, canals, and other water bodies were an essential part of the sacred landscape in which temples were embedded. In recent years, geoarchaeological research at the site of the Temple of Bastet at Bubastis in the southeastern Nile Delta has proven the existence of two water canals surrounding the temple.
Philipp Garbe +4 more
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Djedkare’s pyramid complex: Preliminary report of the 2017 season [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2018 During the fieldwork in the pyramid complex of King Djedkare in the 2017 season, the Egyptian mission focused on consolidation works inside the pyramid and on the exploration and documentation of the south-eastern part of the king’s funerary temple.
Mohamed Megahed +2 more
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Space fantasy: Nagaoka Shusei's contributions to Afrofuturist visual culture
The Journal of American Culture, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 3-22, March 2025.
Nathan Hesselink
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Archaeological excavation of the mastaba of Queen Khentkaus III (tomb AC 30) in Abusir [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015 During the autumn of 2014, the Czech Institute of Egyptology continued its archaeological research of the southern part of the Abusir royal pyramid necropolis.
Jaromír Krejčí +2 more
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