Introduction—object habits: Legacies of fieldwork and the museum [PDF]
, 2017 This paper introduces the concept of ‘object habits’ for diversifying the scope of museum histories. The term is shorthand referring to an area’s customs relating to objects, taking into account factors that influence the types of things chosen ...
Baines, J, Libonati, E, Stevenson, AE
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Childbirth and women's healthcare in pre-modern societies : an assessment [PDF]
, 2014 That childbirth plays a preeminent role in the life of all human groups, communities and societies is obvious to even the casual observer. Few phenomena can be considered so intrinsically fundamental to the ebb and flow of personal and societal life ...
Andreeva, Anna +2 more
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Review of Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2016 Review of Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology, Volume 1: From Antiquity to 1881, by Jason Thompson, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 352 pages, $39.95, 2015, ISBN ...
Kathleen Sheppard
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Lost in translation: the history of the Ebers Papyrus and Dr. Carl H. von Klein. [PDF]
J Med Libr Assoc, 2023 Hartsock JA, Halverson CME.
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Exhibition Season: Annual Archaeological Exhibitions in London, 1880s-1930s [PDF]
, 2015 Annual archaeological exhibitions were a visible symbol of archaeological research. Held mainly in London, the displays encapsulated a network of archaeologists, artists, architects and curators, and showcased the work of the first generations of trained
Thornton, A
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Egyptology in the service of learning chemistry in industrial engineering [PDF]
, 2014 Ancient cultures or civilizations carried out different technological improvements without the knowledge of the scientific processes involved. At the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (ETSEIB), some courses deal with the ...
Giménez Izquierdo, Francisco Javier
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The aquatic basis of ancient civilisations: the case of Synodontis schall and the Nile Valley [PDF]
, 2000 This chapter focuses on the role of aquatic resources in the ancient economies of the Nile Valley. We suggest that these resources have been overlooked in traditional interpretations because of a reliance on wall paintings and carvings in tombs ...
Bailey, G., Luff, R.M.
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New Egyptian tomb type found at Abusir South? Report on the excavations of mud brick complex AS 103 [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2018 In the autumn season of 2017, four mud brick structures designated as AS 103 were excavated in the area of the south-eastern part of the New Kingdom temple (AS 70–73).
Martin Odler +3 more
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Did you sleep well on your headrest? – Anthropological perspectives on an ancient Egyptian implement [PDF]
, 2018 This paper explores how recent anthropological methodologies (materialities approach) as well as concepts at the interface between archaeology and anthropology (experiential and sensual archaeology) inevitably widens the boundaries of Egyptology ...
Zinn, Katharina
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On the alleged phonetic value /p/ of the frog hieroglyph in Ptolemaic [PDF]
, 2009 The present article deals with two passages (Esna n° 379, 9 and Edfu III, 190, 2) which feature the frog hieroglyph with a supposed phonetic value /p/.
Arpagaus, Daniel
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