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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.
Eslam Nofal, Awatif Alrefae
doaj  

Information Revolutions and Information Transitions: Counting, Sealing, Writing in Iran 10,000-300 BC. [PDF]

J Anc Near East Hist
Matthews R, Richardson A, Fazeli Nashli H, de Groene D.   +3 more
europepmc   +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

Women's sense of their hak, divine justice, and economies of divorce in Istanbul Sens du hak des femmes, justice divine et économies du divorce à Istanbul

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 167-185, March 2026.
Building on life story interviews with Muslim women – divorced and living in Istanbul – this article traces women's evocations of hak (haqq, , right) and other related terms in their narratives about financial arrangements during divorce proceedings. Mainly denoting right, justice, truth and due, the polysemic notion of hak encompasses a complex set of
Burcu Kalpaklıoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 293-312, March 2026.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
wiley   +1 more source

Unique osteological evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat in Roman Britain. [PDF]

PLoS One
Thompson TJU, Errickson D, McDonnell C, Holst M, Caffell A, Pearce J, Gowland RL.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Biodeterioration effects of three Aspergillus species on stucco supported on a wooden panel modeled from Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay Mausoleum, Egypt. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Afifi HAM, Mansour MMA, Hassan AGAI, Salem MZM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 269-292, March 2026.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
wiley   +1 more source

Where Typhoeus lived: ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr analysis of human remains in the first Greek site in the Western Mediterranean, Pithekoussai, Italy. [PDF]

iScience
Gigante M, Esposito C, Lugli F, Sperduti A, Cinquantaquattro TE, d'Agostino B, Nava A, Müller W, Bondioli L.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

No egalitarianism in the Wa hills: relative commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war Nul égalitarisme dans les hautes terres Wa : commensuration relative dans la parenté, le sacrifice et la guerre

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 85-103, March 2026.
The autonomy of the United Wa State Army of Myanmar today is said to be based on the egalitarianism of Wa communities in the past. The analysis of commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war challenges these portrayals of autonomy and egalitarianism.
Hans Steinmüller
wiley   +1 more source