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The History of Religion: Ancient Rome Edition 1960–2026

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Celia E. Schultz
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
wiley   +1 more source

When psychedelic discourse meets local narrative: Selective uptake of psychedelic meanings surrounding mad honey in Nepal

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims ‘Mad honey’ is produced when bees collect nectar from Rhododendron species containing grayanotoxins, naturally occurring diterpenoid toxins that can produce dose‐dependent intoxication. It has long been embedded in Nepalese medicinal and ritual practices but has recently become part of global psychedelic discourse. This study examined how
Sharon R. Sznitman, Surendra Tiwari
wiley   +1 more source

Terendak Military Cemetery: Bodies, Burials, and ‘Operation Bring Them Home'

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Terendak Military Cemetery occupies an unusual position in the history of Australian war cemeteries. Initially established to service the needs of the community at Terendak Garrison—the operational base for Commonwealth forces in Malaya during the early years of the Cold War—it became the official overseas burial site of Australian dead during the ...
Hannah Swaine, Kate Ariotti
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Best Practices Workshop II: Implementation.

open access: yes, 2018
Presentation at 'Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices Workshop II, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris, France, 04-06 Dec 2018 ...
Pearlman, Jay
core  

An Exploration of the Archaeological Context and Role of Job’s Tears in Han Dynasty Funerary Practices

open access: yes
Although the remains of the millet species known as Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) have been recovered from various locations within Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E. – C.E.
CHEN Qinlong, TAO Dawei, GUO Yongqi
core   +1 more source

An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
wiley   +1 more source

Mortuary styles and modes of sociability in nineteenth-century Brazilian cemeteries

open access: yesHorizontes Antropológicos, 2010
The analytical focus of this work is the social treatment meted out to the dead and burial forms in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. How might one read and understand the attitudes and social meanings of a given time from its system of ...
Antonio Motta
doaj  

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