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Gephyra, 2018 Because the vast majority of visual artists signed in Greek especially in the late republic as well as in the early and middle imperial period in central and northern Italy, it is considered as communis opinio in modern research that this is a sign for ...
Michael Donderer
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The astronomical orientation of the urban plan of Alexandria [PDF]
, 2011 Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 BC. The newly founded town was conceived as an orthogonal grid based on a main longitudinal axis, later called Canopic Road.
Ferro, Luisa, Magli, Giulio
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Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 21-37, March 2026.Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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Germanic Names in early Byzantine Inscriptions. Personal Names and Collective Identity
Gephyra, 2018 Early byzantine inscriptions show that germanic people assimilate their identity to the environment in Constantinople and Asia Minor: They use Greek language, Christian symbols, and imperial titles to present their position in society.
Ulrich Huttner
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The Journal of American Culture, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 19-29, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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Gephyra, 2016 The small town of Mastaura lies on the right bank of the river Maeander, almost exactly mid-way between Nysa and Antioch, close to the village of Bozyurt, whose former name was Mastavra. In the field of Classical Scholarship Mastaura has never gained the
Johannes Nollé
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A short historical overview on the use of lead [PDF]
, 2018 This historical introduction to the use of lead in art and technology was originally written to give context to lead conservation studies by the authors.
Adriaens, Mieke +2 more
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The Animalistic Gullet and the Godlike Soul: Reframing Sacrifice in Midrash Leviticus Rabbah [PDF]
, 2014 This article proposes an analysis of two homiletic units in the Palestinian Midrash Leviticus Rabbah, which revolve around biblical chapters pertaining to sacrifices.
Albeck +59 more
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The Journal of Physiology, Volume 604, Issue 4, Page 1646-1681, 15 February 2026.Abstract figure legend Schematic illustration of the bidirectional causative link between cerebral amyloid‐beta (Aβ) angiopathy and cardiovascular disease in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Common cardiovascular risk factors like microvascular thrombosis, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, hypertension and atherosclerosis lead to cerebral hypoperfusion and ...
Samuel Parker +2 more
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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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