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Dislodged teeth in four intact child mummies from Graeco/Roman Egypt (332 BCE – c. 395 CE) – child abuse, accident or careless embalmers? [PDF]
, 2014 In a computerised tomographic (CT) scanning and x-ray imaging of four ancient Egyptian Graeco/Roman child mummies, it was observed that deciduous teeth had been dislodged and that the cervical spines were flexed.
Craig, Pamela J. G. +2 more
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PallasTerracotta figures were produced in large numbers in Egypt during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. The introduction of integral moulding, a real technical revolution, made it possible to mass-produce them to meet new needs both in Alexandria and in the ...
Estelle Galbois
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Medical practice in Graeco-Roman antiquity
Curationis, 2006 The roots of modem medicine can be traced back to the 5th century BC when Hippocratic rational medicine originated on the Greek islands of Cos and Cnidos.
L Cilliers, FP Retief
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FINGERPRINTS ON FIGURINES FROM THONIS‐HERACLEION
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 399-418, November 2024.Summary This paper studies ancient fingerprints to produce an estimate of the age and sex of the makers of several terracotta figurines found at Thonis‐Heracleion in Egypt, dated to the Late and Ptolemaic periods (seventh–second centuries BC). This is only the second study of its kind to discuss the use of ancient fingerprint impressions from Ancient ...
Leonie Hoff
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Bibliography of 1912-13: Graeco-Roman Egypt [PDF]
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1914 n ...
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Latin learning materials in light of the papyri
In die Skriflig, 2019 The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the ancient materials used in teaching Latin in order to recreate the ancient Latin teaching and learning experience. Particular attention is devoted to the case of Greek speakers learning Latin.
Isabella Bonati
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Rethinking ritual: how rituals made our world and how they could save it★
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 115-132, March 2024.Abstract In this Henry Myers Lecture, I summarize several decades of collaborative research on the role of ritual in group bonding and co‐operation, ranging from psychology experiments in university laboratories to field research among indigenous groups, and from surveys with armed revolutionaries to extended interviews with religious adherents.
Harvey Whitehouse
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One script for two languages. Latin & Arabic in an early allographic papyrus [PDF]
, 2018 This contribution presents a unique papyrus letter in Latin script and Latin language and in Latin script and Arabic language that is possible to date, on palaeographic grounds, from the end of the 7th to the 9th century AD. This precious witness is exam-
D'Ottone, Arianna, Internullo, Dario
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2003 The interpretation of rituals enacted, or represented,in the temples of Egypt is limited by the often sparse survival of evidence; most of our knowledge of the Egyptian temple cult comes from the temples of the Graeco-Roman period.
Mia Rikala
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Remains of Gnomic Anthologies and Pagan Wisdom Literature in the Coptic Tradition [PDF]
, 2017 It is well known that a complete and satisfying “history of Coptic literature” is still a desideratum. Among the other causes contributing to the difficulty of such an enterprise are the fragmentary status of the codices which preserve the texts and the ...
Buzi, Paola
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