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Two unpublished inscriptions preserved in the Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Lucena: the epitaphs of Rusticus, marmorarius, and Rutilia Corneliana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
This paper presents the edition of two unpublished inscriptions of the Roman period, which are currently on display at the Archaeological and Ethnological Museum in Lucena (Córdoba).
Ortiz Córdoba, José
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An Unusual Mutilation of the Crocodile Hieroglyphic Sign in an Early Middle Kingdom Stela from the Sanctuary II of Heqaib at Elephantine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The article presents the stela of Jj, which is the only inscribed object found in the older sanctuary (II) of Heqaib in Elephantine. While the find context can be firmly dated to the time of Senwosret I, stylistic and epigraphic features give rise to a ...
Cornelius von Pilgrim, GIANLUCA MINIACI
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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)

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Stela of the Persian Period from Saqqara

open access: yes, 1995
During test excavations on the north wall of the Gisr el-Mudir at Saqqara, the National Museums of Scotland expedition found an intact funerary stela with unusual scenes of exceptional interest to students of the Persian domination in Egypt.
Sue Davies   +3 more
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Human–Bird Interactions Across Time and Space in a Bronze Age City: The Case of Tell Atchana, Alalakh (Amuq Valley, Turkey)

open access: yesInternational 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   +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

open access: yesArabian 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Palmyrene Funerary Sculptures from Singidunum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Although many epigraphical and archaeological monuments of Syrian origin in the territory of Central Balkans’ Roman provinces from the period of Roman reign have been discovered in the past, monuments from Palmyra are rare. Therefore, the three monuments
Gavrilović Vitas, Nadežda
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Four Coptic-Greek Funerary Stelae in the British Museum

open access: yesThe Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2022
Four funerary stelae of the eighth century AD now in the British Museum have previously been assigned to Abydos on the basis that they are all connected to the monastery of the local saint, Apa Moses. This article questions this assumption. A text edition and study of the common features of the stelae suggest that, although they probably do come from ...
openaire   +1 more source

Mythogeographies of anthropological knowledge: writing over the lines and footsteps of history in Southwest China

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 808-829, September 2025.
In this article, I delve into the field diary of Ma Changshou – a major Chinese ethnohistorian and social anthropologist active between the 1930s and 1960s – to show how his journeys through Liangshan, a mountainous land in Southwest China inhabited by the Nuosu‐Yi, led to a new kind of anthropological knowledge.
Jan Karlach
wiley   +1 more source

ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 422-452, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This review article examines the various methodologies practiced by Rome's Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) to discuss the contemporary curatorial approaches of traditional ethnographic museums. It adopts a historical and comparative perspective to situate the diverse collections within ongoing debates about art restitution.
Arielle Xena Alterwaite
wiley   +1 more source

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