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

History 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
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Growing Old at Tombos: A View of Older Adults in an Ancient Egyptian‐Nubian Community

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 187, Issue 4, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Objectives The experiences of older adults in ancient communities are often overlooked in studies due to many factors, such as preservation, methodological issues, and less frequent mention in available texts. Materials and Methods This study combines community‐ and individual‐level data to explore life for older adults at the ancient Egyptian/
Michele R. Buzon, Katie M. Whitmore, Stuart Tyson Smith, Mary Sophia DeWitt, Sarah A. Schrader   +4 more
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The Architecture of Large Kurgans of the Scythians and Their Periphery: A Challenge for Magnetometer Prospections in the Eurasian Steppe Belt

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 507-524, July/September 2025.
ABSTRACT The burial mounds of the early Iron Age, which we will refer to below as kurgans, from the nomadic equestrian warriors of Eurasia, form a very complex group of archaeological monuments. Archaeological excavations in Aržan 2 (Siberia) and Aleksandropol (Ukraine) show that the large burial mounds are complex architectural constructions.
Jörg W. E. Fassbinder, Anton Gass
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A Study and Publication of the Funerary Stela №. CG 20577 at the Egyptian Museum, Tahrir

Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists
This artical aims to publish and analyze a previously unstudied rectangular funerary stela preserved in the Egyptian Museum under registration number CG 20577, SR/9718, through examining its hieroglyphic texts, titles, artistic features, and funerary ...
Mervat Farrag Abd El-Raheem Mahmoud Mahmoud, Heba Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed   +1 more
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CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF A VASSAL: THE CASE OF LACHISH AND JERUSALEM

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 139-158, May 2025.
Summary This study analyzes the complex interplay of material culture, elite consumption and imperial power dynamics as they relate to the roles of Lachish and Jerusalem in the Iron IIA and to the formation of the Kingdom of Judah. Based on an analysis of luxury goods and social practices, it explores established interpretations of the geopolitical ...
Reli Avisar
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THE ROLE OF IRON AGE STELAE IN THE CREATION OF A SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 159-181, May 2025.
Summary This paper investigates a complex archaeological landscape on the Iberian peninsula’s Atlantic coast. The present‐day landscape is characterized by dense forest and abrupt topography, posing challenges for a systematic research program of landscape archaeology.
Jagoba Hidalgo‐Masa, Jesús García Sánchez   +1 more
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Stone products of the Roman municipium of Neviodunum, Pannonia (modern Drnovo, Slovenia)

Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 284-312, April 2025.
Abstract The paper presents the lithologies used in the stone products of Neviodunum (modern Drnovo in Slovenia), a Roman municipium in south‐western Pannonia. For this purpose, 95 stone monuments were assessed. Petrographic and biostratigraphic analyses were carried out on 56 archaeological and 57 geological samples.
Katharina Zanier, Rok Brajkovič, Luka Gale, Matevž Novak   +3 more
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Color analysis of ancient Egyptian paintings and its applications in modern digital visualization

Color Research &Application, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 4-24, January/February 2025.
Abstract This study aims to identify the color preferences of ancient Egyptian paintings and their cultural and historical reasons through color analysis, and consequently introduce a color collection of ancient Egyptian painting colors for color matching of modern digital images.
Qiaoling Zeng
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The Motherland and the Fight with Fascism: War Cult and War Film under Brezhnev (1965–82)

The Russian Review, Volume 83, Issue 4, Page 595-613, October 2024.
Abstract This article, based on extensive archival documentation, newspapers, and periodicals, examines the impact upon the Soviet film industry of shifts in top‐level policy relating to representation of the war. It contends that Leonid Brezhnev’s May 8, 1965, speech on the eve of Victory Day propounded an inclusive vision of the war (later sections ...
Catriona Kelly
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Surveying and monitoring submerged archaeological sites in inland waters through a multiproxy strategy: The case of Dolmen de Guadalperal and other sites from Valdecañas reservoir (Spain)

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 53-69, January/March 2024.
Abstract The evolving dynamics of climate change and water resource management present unique challenges for the research and conservation of archaeological heritage, particularly within reservoirs. The Dolmen of Guadalperal in Spain and its surrounding archaeological sites exemplify such a scenario.
Enrique Cerrillo‐Cuenca, José Juan de Sanjosé Blasco, Rocío Castillo Belinchón, Primitiva Bueno‐Ramírez, Antonio González Cordero, Juan Antonio Pérez‐Álvarez   +5 more
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