Cherchez la femme: Power and Female Agency in Bactriaat the dawn of the Hellenistic Age [PDF]
Karanos, 2020 Due prominently to the scanty nature of evidence on the ground attesting to an imperial presence which, however, historiographical sources claim to have been real and lasting over time, the satrapy of Bactria (roughly embracing northeastern Afghanistan ...
Marco Ferrario
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Terra multiplex et varia natura. On the settlement patterns of Bactria in the Hellenistic Period [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 The proposed study aims to investigate the character of settlement transformation in ancient Bactria (upper Amu Darya basin) during the period following the conquest of Alexander the Great. This transformation is addressed by the comparison of settlement
Jakub Havlík
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Heródoto, 2019 This paper deals with the historiographical representation of Hellenistic Bactria in Barthold Niebuhr’s Lectures on Ancient History, based on lectures given at Bonn University in the 1820’s and published in German and English in the 1850’s.
Fábio Augusto Morales +1 more
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Deconstructing the ‘Greekness’ of Bactrian pottery. On the Greek‑Mediterranean influences on the local pottery production in Bactria during the Hellenistic period [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 It is often assumed that the Hellenistic pottery production in Bactria was highly influenced by Mediterranean ceramic shapes, a process, which was mainly caused by the settling of Greek immigrants.
Kristina Junker
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The sanctuary of the Temple à redans in Ai Khanum (Hellenistic Bactria): cults and ritual practices [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2023 One of the main sanctuaries in the city of Ai Khanum was excavated between 1968 and 1973 under the direction of Paul Bernard and its study is nearing completion. The purpose of this article is to describe how the sanctuary was organized and the different
Laurianne Martinez‑Sève
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A Partial Decipherment of the Unknown Kushan Script*
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 2, Page 293-329, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Several dozen inscriptions in an unknown writing system have been discovered in an area stretching geographically from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to southern Afghanistan. Most inscriptions can be dated to the period from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE, yet all attempts at decipherment have so far been unsuccessful.
Svenja Bonmann +3 more
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The forgotten ones. Thracians and Thessalians in Bactria-Sogdiana [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 The presence and pre-eminence of settlers from the Northern Aegean world in early Hellenistic Bactria-Sogdiana have been tacitly accepted by scholars since Robert’s paper in 1968. The present article challenges the idea which backs up this assumption and
Marc Mendoza
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The Sacred Landscape of Central Asia in the Achaemenid Period [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2023 The sacred landscape of Central Asia consisted of various religions and ritual practices that grew out of local traditions. The latest archaeological excavations of the Iron Age cultic structures in Central Asia reveal a diverse array of ritual and ...
Xin Wu
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Iskandar Tepa. Preliminary report for archaeological excavation in season 2018 (south Uzbekistan) [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2021 Following up on the previous extensive surface surveys in the valleys and steppe of the Kugitang Mountains Piedmont in 2016 and 2017, the Czech Uzbek archaeological expedition conducted small scale trial exca vations at the site of Iskandar Tepa, which ...
Ladislav Stančo +6 more
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The Roots of the Parthians Movement [PDF]
پژوهشهای تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2012 With the fall of the Achaemenid Empire was conquered by Alexander the Macedonian East world over the West world.Alexander's Hellenistic empire in a dream world before the truth has died and his inheritance was divided among his commanders.
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