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Aramaic-Speaking Communities in Achaemenid Egypt and the Afterlife: the ‘Stela saltiana’ (TADAE D22.54)

, 2021
The article deals with the so-called “Salt-stela”, a stela with Egyptianizing iconography and a very short Aramaic inscription discovered in Egypt around 1820 and now lost. The iconography of the stela is considered bizarre and unique, and its provenance
Grassi, Giulia Francesca
core   +1 more source

Women’s teaching in the Roman Hispania: Guess unfounded

Historia de la Educación, 2016
In Mérida remains a nice funerary stela dedicated to a young girl. For many years the interpretation was that it means a dedication of a teacher to her disciple and therefore a unique example of women teaching in Hispania was imposed.
Juan José SEGUÍ MARCO
doaj   +1 more source

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

Arabian 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

The Discourse of Equality in Spanish Museums. How Social Media Communicate International Women's Day

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International Women's Day on March 8th is an arena for discourse in contemporary Spain, highlighted by intra‐feminist tension and ideological polarization. In their role as sociocultural mediators, museums construct narratives of gender equality.
Héctor Navarro‐Güere, Jesica Menéndez‐Signorini, Maria Forga‐Martel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Spatial Technologies to Compose the Map of the Southeast Iberia Megalithic Phenomenon. The Case Study of Fonelas (Granada, Spain)

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 257-273, January/March 2026.
ABSTRACT Megalithic landscapes in Southeast Iberia remain unevenly and insufficiently documented, particularly in rugged areas where traditional survey methods are limited. This paper addresses this gap by applying a multiscalar approach to the megalithic necropolises of the Fardes River (Granada, Spain), with the objective of detecting, documenting ...
Carolina Cabrero González, Juan Antonio Cámara Serrano, José Antonio Bueno Herrera, Jesús Gámiz Caro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Quarries to Urban Construction Sites: Middle‐Late Mesozoic Limestones in the Public Architecture of Roman Verona, Italy

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Numerous buildings, monuments, and infrastructural works in Verona were constructed during the Roman period using stone, a material abundantly available from quarrying areas located relatively close to the city. Petrographic investigations conducted by Transmitted Polarized Light Optical Microscopy (TPL‐OM) and complemented by colorimetric ...
Eliana Bridi, Simone Dilaria, Jacopo Bonetto, Caterina Previato   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some Notes on the Funerary Cult in the Early Middle Kingdom: Stela BM EA 1164

, 2007
Discussion of certain changes to the funerary cult during the Early Middle Kingdom, specifically those related to the numbers and the categories of the funerary priests involved in the rites.
Barbara Russo
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Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Stelae Production Throughout the Bronze Age: Provenance, Material Properties and Rock Selection at Zebros (Idanha‐a‐Nova, Portugal)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT At Monte dos Zebros (Idanha‐a‐Nova, Central Portugal), the discovery of three stelae—two Iberian Late Bronze Age stelae and one fragment of an Early/Middle Bronze Age anthropomorphic stela—represents a rare case of rock art monuments from different chronologies coexisting in the same place within a broader archaeological landscape, which ...
Rafael Ferreiro Mählmann, Ralph Araque Gonzalez, Dirk Scheuvens, Pedro Baptista, Francisco Henriques   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human–Bird Interactions Across Time and Space in a Bronze Age City: The Case of Tell Atchana, Alalakh (Amuq Valley, Turkey)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 597-611, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Birds have played both subsistence and symbolic roles in past human societies, with their significance evolving alongside sedentary lifestyles and agriculture. Although Neolithic settlements in Western Asia primarily relied on domesticated mammals, birds remained a marginal resource, their importance varying by region.
Marcel van Tuinen, Lionel Gourichon, Anderson L. Carter, K. Aslıhan Yener, Müge Bulu, Murat Akar, Canan Çakırlar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Anthropomorphic Stelae Connected With a Platform‐Like Structure in the Area of Ḥimā (Saudi Arabia): New Data From Southwestern Arabia

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 39-51, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Since 2020, the Saudi‐French Archaeological and Epigraphic Mission to Najrān (MAFSN) has been conducting additional archaeological surveys and small‐scale excavations in the Ḥimā area, providing a wealth of data from different historical periods.
Silvia Lischi, Jérôme‐François Haquet, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Alessia Prioletta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source