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Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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The Forgotten Female Figurines of Elephantine [PDF]
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, 2018 Abstract In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda.
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Significances of Regeneration through Upraised Arms Gestures in Cosmic and Funerary Contexts [PDF]
Journal of Tourism, Hotels and Heritage, 2022 Raising up arms was one of significant gestures known by the Egyptians. One method of expressing regeneration was through lifting up arms. Different elevated arms gestures were employed in regenerative purposes in cosmic and funerary contexts.
Youmna Nasr
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PERCEIVING THE SACRED FEMININE: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CYCLADIC FIGURINES AND JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES
Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2020 Purpose. Without claiming to explain the meaning and purpose of the Cycladic figurines of the canonical type (FAF) in the context of the culture that created them, the author attempts to investigate the phenomenon of these ancient images and their impact
T. V. Danylova
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Female terracottas found in the Southern Turkmenistan archaeological sites of the Bronze Age
Studia Humanitatis, 2023 The article describes female terracotta figurines found in the archaeological sites of Southern Turkmenistan. The author describes the history of the study, decorative features, purposes of manufacture and use by the ancient population of these finds ...
Mommaliyeva Mayagozel Amanaliyevna
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Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2015 Le colloque « Figurines féminines nues. Proche-Orient, Égypte, Nubie, Méditerranée, Asie centrale (Néolithique - iiie siècle apr. J.-C.). Approche contextuelle et comparative », organisé par Sylvie Donnat (UMR 7044-Archimède, université de Strasbourg ...
Sylvie Donnat
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Poupées grecques en images : du jeu au rite
Pallas, 2022 Representations of jointed dolls have been identified until now on Attic funerary stelae only, apart from one white-ground Attic lekythos.
Véronique Dasen +1 more
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Reevaluarea unor reprezentări antropomorfe și zoomorfe din situl eneolitic de la Petricani (com. Petricani, jud. Neamț) [PDF]
Cercetări Arheologice, 2023 This scientific contribution brings into discussion a batch of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic representations discovered in the excavations carried out in the Eneolithic site of Petricani (Neamț County), in 1973.
Vasile Diaconu, Constantin Aparaschivei
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Notes sur des figurines en terre cuite, témoins d’un culte domestique à Javols-Anderitum
Pallas, 2013 Some 120 fragments of terracotta figurines have been excavated at Javols, the antique Anderitum, capital city of the Gabales. It is a substantial lot made up of classical figurines essentially in the form of Venuses and mother-goddesses.
Sandrine Talvas
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Keeper of Buryat Identity: The Phenomenon of Dashi Namdakov
Концепт: философия, религия, культура, 2023 The article examines the work of the famous Russian sculptor and architect Dashi Namdakov. It is suggested that the origins of his talent lie in the depths of Buryat traditional art.
R. E. Bolotov
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