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Minaeans in the Mediterranean. Reevaluating two Old South Arabian inscriptions from Delos
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 128-132, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Two well‐known texts on altars from Delos (RES 3952; M 349) dating to the period after 167 BC attest to contacts between the Aegean and Ancient Yemen. Reexamining these two important inscriptions, this article argues that both were set up by Minaeans.
Søren Lund Sørensen, Klaus Geus
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Knowledge and the Picturesque: Encountering Syria in the Eighteenth Century
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 365-383, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay looks at the West's engagement with Syria in the eighteenth century, through the writings of travellers and through the history of the publications they brought back from their travels. It argues that these publications provoked a rethinking of various tropes in the description of the Levant, helping to define attitudes to ruins as ...
Alexis Tadié
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The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 249-262, April 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines the phrase “light from light” in the 4th‐century Nicene and Nicene‐Constantinopolitan creeds. The article begins by presenting the earliest use of light as a metaphor for Christ and his agency, as well as examples of similar language outside “orthodox” Christianity. It goes on to examine the meaning and use of “light from
Maria Munkholt Christensen
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The shaken realist: Bernard Williams, the war, and philosophy as cultural critique
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 226-247, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Bernard Williams thought that philosophy should address real human concerns felt beyond academic philosophy. But what wider concerns are addressed by Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, a book he introduces as being “principally about how things are in moral philosophy”? In this article, we argue that Williams responded to the concerns of his
Nikhil Krishnan, Matthieu Queloz
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Do Ut Des – the Relation of Material History and Archaeology of Religion to the Study of Religions*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 726-758, December 2022., 2022 Archaeology as “material history” and the study of religions mutually reciprocate through their shared interest in the ability of people to establish memories and create imaginaries. Starting from this presupposition, the article evaluates the approaches used in archaeology to analyse the practices of past peoples.
Anna‐Katharina Rieger
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Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo‐)archaeology — A review
Geoarchaeology, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 711-732, September/October 2022., 2022 Abstract Ostracods as bioindicators are extremely useful for reconstructing palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate and can also indicate the provenance of sediments and materials, for example, in studies on ancient commercial networks. Ostracods are small crustaceans that live in almost all aquatic habitats, both natural and man‐made.
Ella Quante, Anna Pint, Peter Frenzel
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Patricia Crone and the “secular tradition” of early Islamic historiography: An exegesis
History Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Patricia Crone famously identified three distinct sub‐traditions within early Islamic historiography: a “religious tradition”, a “tribal tradition”, and a “secular tradition”. Whereas the first is extremely unreliable and the second is partially unreliable regarding early Islamic history in general (c.
Joshua J. Little
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De Excidio Patriae: civic discourse in Gildas’ Britain
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 137-160, May 2021., 2021 This article explores the use of civic discourse in Gildas’ De Excidio Britonum. It argues that such language and imagery functioned within a larger dialectical argument that exhorted readers to choose virtue over vice. Gildas assigned the Britons collective moral agency by styling them citizens (cives) of a shared homeland (patria) defined by cities ...
Robert Flierman, Megan Welton
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Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Over the last two decades, the identification of ancient artifacts has been regarded as one of the most challenging tasks for archaeologists. Chinese people consider these artifacts as symbols of their cultural heritage. The development of technology has helped in the identification of ancient artifacts to a greater extent.
Qiang Zhao, Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu
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, 2023 Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 751-766, November 2023.
Charles Beirouti
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