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'Horae' in Roman Funerary Inscriptions

, 2012
References to hours on Roman tombstones, long assumed to be a means of displaying affection for children, are shown to be the basis for horoscopes of the afterlife. Statistical analysis argues for the accuracy of the figures of hours recorded. Close study of the inscriptions demonstrates that all references, whether to points in time or durations are ...
openaire   +1 more source

Archaeometric study of execution techniques of white Attic vases: the case of the Perseus crater in Agrigento. [PDF]

RSC Adv, 2022
Chirco G, de Cesare M, Chiari G, Maaß S, Saladino ML, Chillura Martino DF.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Enhancing the Interpretation of Islamic Funerary Inscriptions in Museums

Studies in Digital Heritage
Traditional museum displays often struggle to effectively communicate the historical and artistic significance of Islamic funerary inscriptions, as their interpretation relies heavily on textual analysis. This study explores the impact of holographic storytelling and sculpted replicas as interpretative tools to enhance visitor engagement and ...
Eslam Nofal, Awatif Alrefae
openaire   +1 more source

Who was buried with Nestor's Cup? Macroscopic and microscopic analyses of the cremated remains from Tomb 168 (second half of the 8th century BCE, Pithekoussai, Ischia Island, Italy). [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Gigante M, Nava A, Paine RR, Fiore I, Alhaique F, Esposito CM, Sperduti A, Bonetto J, Cinquantaquattro TE, d'Agostino B, Bondioli L.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Medical pluralism and kincentric care in Indigenous Australia: Yanyuwa experiences of illness and the importance of keeping company

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract For over four decades we have collaborated as a team of anthropologists and Indigenous Elders of the Yanyuwa language group. The Yanyuwa are the Indigenous owners of lands and waters in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria. While medicalized healthcare has not been our specific research focus, wellness and ill health have been recurring themes ...
Amanda Kearney, John Bradley, Dinah Norman a‐Marrngawi, Mavis Timothy a‐Muluwamara   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Division of labor, specialization and diversity in the ancient Roman cities: A quantitative approach to Latin epigraphy. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Kaše V, Heřmánková P, Sobotková A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Erased by law: Kinship, care, and bureaucratic exclusion at the end of life in South Korea

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how institutional frameworks in South Korea erase nonlegal caregiving relationships within hospice care environments. Drawing on seven months of ethnographic fieldwork, the study delineates how patients are categorized as “unclaimed” despite the presence of long‐term companions or cohabitants who provide intimate end‐of ...
Seok Joo Youn
wiley   +1 more source

Biomolecular analyses enable new insights into ancient Egyptian embalming. [PDF]

Nature, 2023
Rageot M, Hussein RB, Beck S, Altmann-Wendling V, Ibrahim MIM, Bahgat MM, Yousef AM, Mittelstaedt K, Filippi JJ, Buckley S, Spiteri C, Stockhammer PW.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trauma and affect in a Holocaust survivor's story: Rosita Fanto's novel Rozalia Alone

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract My article endeavors to redress the neglect of Rosita Fanto's Rozalia Alone (2010), which deals with a page of history that is less known worldwide, the Holocaust in Romania. Using a trauma studies perspective that mixes with affect theory, the article demonstrates that Rozalia Alone covers in a nutshell the whole magnitude of the late 1930s ...
Arleen Ionescu
wiley   +1 more source

CRISP: Cremated remains inference of sex probabilities - A software for Bayesian sex estimation in human cremated remains. [PDF]

PLoS One
Waltenberger L, Beitel S, Bischeri M, Rebay-Salisbury K, Sperduti A, Cavazzuti C.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources