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The Decline of Ptolemaic Elephant Hunting: An Analysis of the Contributory Factors [PDF]
After the death of Alexander the Great in 323, his successors (diadochi) engaged in a series of internecine struggles to take control of the territory he had conquered.
Cobb, Matthew
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New Research on the Gymnasium of Eretria [PDF]
Das Gymnasion von Eretria gilt als eines der besten Beispiele für frühhellenistische Palästren. Dieser Beitrag präsentiert die Ergebnisse neuer Forschungen, die die Schweizerische Archäologische Schule in Griechenland 2015 und 2016 durchgeführt hat und ...
Ackermann, Guy, Reber, Karl
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Mīrzā Muḥammad Naṣīr Furṣat al-Dawla and the Archaeology of Iranian Archaeology [PDF]
Unlike other related studies which are focusing on either excavations or excavators, this essay explores some aspects of the early development of archaeology in Islamic Iran as a particular moment in intellectual history.
Szántó, Iván
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In the footsteps of Euthydemus. Preliminary report for archaeological survey in the Baysun District (South Uzbekistan), Season 2018 [PDF]
The extensive archaeological surface survey conducted by the Czech -Uzbek team in the Baysun Mountains (south Uzbekistan) that started in spring 2017 continued a year later, in April and May 2018.
Ladislav Stančo +6 more
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Some Remarks on the Genesis of One of the Images of Early Medieval Art
The article focuses on the origin of the image of a dragon with a serpentine body known in the early medieval antiquities of Eastern European nomads. Researchers have long been discussing such images found on the sites of the Volga region and the Urals ...
Ilia R. Akhmedov
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Culture of Hellenistic Bactria and the finds of inscriptions of the end of XX – beginning of XXI century [PDF]
The article is dedicated to the development of the modern researches of inscriptions which were found on the territory of Hellenistic Bactria (IV–I centuries BC). The emphasis is made on the texts discovered on clay and stone, as well as parchments. There are two important points in this work: the tax receipt on the parchment from the collection of ...
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ALEXANDRIA OXIANA: HISTORIOGRAPHIC ASPECT
In the process of conquering various regions of the East, Alexander of Macedon founded many cities, some of which were named in his honor. They performed various functions, including being the mainstay of the power of the Greco-Macedonians.
R. Tikhonov
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Trends in laryngeal cancer mortality in Europe [PDF]
After a steady increase since the 1950s, laryngeal cancer mortality had tended to level off since the early 1980s in men from most European countries. To update trends in laryngeal cancer mortality in Europe, age-standardized (world standard) mortality ...
Bosetti, Cristina +8 more
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This study presents the gemological analysis of 25 garnets from Hellenistic and Roman jewellery in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki using mobile Raman spectroscopy and micro‐EDXRF. The garnets are classified into three geochemical clusters, with notable differences in distribution between Thessaloniki and Pydna, suggesting distinct trading ...
Maria Nikopoulou +8 more
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Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies [PDF]
In the second volume a wide range of economic actors – from kings and armies to cities and producers – are discussed within different imperial settings as well as the tools which enabled and constrained economic outcomes.
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