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The Hittite Empire

open access: yes, 2022
From the mid-seventeenth to the early twelfth centuries BC, Central Anatolia saw the development and expansion of the Hittite state whose influence came to spread beyond the Taurus mountains into Syria and which was seen at the time as one of the Great Powers of the Late Bronze Age.
openaire   +4 more sources

Biocultural diversity of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) across Eurasia. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol, 2020
Little is known about how anthropogenic processes have affected the evolution of tree species with a long‐time‐scale history of human utilization such as common walnut (Juglans regia L.) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.). In this study, we evaluated the impact of isolation by distance processes, landscape heterogeneity, and cultural boundaries
Pollegioni P   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evidence, hints and assumptions for late pregnancy in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, Volume 112, Issue 7, Page 1371-1377, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Ancient women, who survived childhood mortality, received good and adequate nutrition, did not work hard and escaped death during childbirth could live fairly long lives. Girls started procreation after marriage, usually at 15 years, had on average seven children, childbearing lasted 14–21 or more years and could happen at the age of 35 or ...
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Rooting Religious Studies: The Metaphysical Proposal of René Guénon

open access: yesThe Philosophical Forum, Volume 54, Issue 1-2, Page 3-26, Summer 2023., 2023
Abstract The present article problematizes current dominating approaches to method and theory in the study of religion by pointing to their inapplicability to theorists working outside secular worldviews. The first section of this article introduces decolonialist narratives by touching on important topics which are subsumed within larger discussions ...
Noah H. Taj
wiley   +1 more source

THE LION ORTHOSTATS FROM HAZOR: AN ADDENDUM TO THE PAPER OF SHLOMIT BECHAR

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 17-31, February 2023., 2023
Summary In a paper recently published in this journal, Shlomit Bechar (2021) analyzed the appearance and use of basalt orthostats in Canaanite and Israelite Hazor. The present paper is an addendum to Bechar's paper, elaborating the subject of the basalt lion orthostats found at Hazor.
David Ussishkin
wiley   +1 more source

Building technique of the Theater at ancient Messene

open access: yesJAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 515-532, July 2021., 2021
The present paper reports and examines the building techniques of the recently excavated Messene Theatre in Greece. In the Hellenistic period, both traditional building materials (poros and limestone) and methods (masonry, jointing and transportation) were employed in the Messene Theatre.
Ryuichi Yoshitake
wiley   +1 more source

Phytomedicine from Middle Eastern Countries: An Alternative Remedy to Modern Medicine against Candida spp Infection

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Candida spp are capable of infecting both normal and immunocompromised individuals. More recently, Candida infections have spread considerably in healthcare settings, especially in intensive care units, where it is the most frequently encountered pathogen.
Mohammad Zubair Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting to New Contexts. Cuneiform in Anatolia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article focuses on cuneiform and scribal education in Anatolia. It attempts to trace some of the developments in the corpus of knowledge and training when it let the confines of its initial area of relevance and was received in Anatolia by the ...
Weeden, Mark
core   +1 more source

A New Funerary Stele from Karkemish and New Values for Some Anatolian Hieroglyphic Signs

open access: yesBelleten, 2023
Karkemish is located on the West bank of Euphrates River, about 60 kilometres southeast of Gaziantep, Turkey, and 100 kilometres northeast of Aleppo, Syria.
Hasan Peker
doaj   +1 more source

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