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Karkemish sur la frontière syro-turque un marqueur au service des ambitions territoriales de l’État turc

open access: yesFrontière·s, 2023
In 2011, 60% of the cross-border archaeological site of Jerablous for the Syrians and Karkemish for the Turks is on Turkish territory. Despite the Syrian conflict, a single archaeological mission continues to excavate until 2017, a few metres away from ...
Lorette Hehn
doaj   +1 more source

The mythological and archaeological perspectives on penectomy and orchiectomy: The case of Cybele and Attis

open access: yesAndrology, Volume 13, Issue 6, Page 1297-1301, September 2025.
Abstract Castration has been a significant theme in mythology, religious traditions, and historical practices, often symbolizing transformation, sacrifice, and divine punishment. While the term is frequently associated with orchiectomy (removal of the testes), this study argues that penectomy (removal of the penis) must also be considered, particularly
Coskun Kaya
wiley   +1 more source

“STRANDED ON THE SHORES OF HISTORY”? MONUMENTS AND (ART‐)HISTORICAL AWARENESS

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 338-358, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Can past agents deliberately influence our historical awareness by designing objects’ appearances and sending them to us down the stream of time? We know they have certainly tried to do so by raising monuments. But according to an influential narrative, the efforts of the “monumentalists” are destined to fail: no monument can keep a legacy ...
Jakub Stejskal
wiley   +1 more source

Hittite Geographers: Geographical Perceptions and Practices in Hittite Anatolia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Ancient Near Eastern History, 2017
AbstractHittite archives are remarkably rich in geographical data. A diverse array of documents has yielded, aside from thousands of geographical names (of towns, territories, mountains, and rivers), detailed descriptions of the Hittite state’s frontiers and depictions of landscape and topography.
openaire   +2 more sources

THE RITUAL ROLE OF HONEY IN ANCIENT EGYPT, HATTI AND GREECE

open access: yesИстраживања, 2020
This is a comparison between the uses of honey in ritual contexts in the cultures of ancient Egypt, Hatti and Greece. Strong differences are illustrated.
ANGUS BOWIE
doaj   +1 more source

Symmetries in Images on Ancient Seals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We discuss the presence of symmetries in images engraved on ancient seals, in particular on stamp seals. Used to stamp decorations, to secure the containers from tampering and for owner's identification, we can find seals that can be dated from Neolithic
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
core   +1 more source

A troubled inheritance: Overcoming the temporality problem in cases of historical injustice

open access: yes
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Renaud‐Philippe Garner, Marion Godman
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching the Pentateuch: Challenges and Opportunities

open access: yesTeaching Theology &Religion, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 81-83, July 2025.
ABSTRACT What are best practices for teaching the Pentateuch and the Hebrew Bible more broadly? How can we introduce students to ways of reading biblical texts that are eye‐opening, empowering, and accessible? In this paper, I explore some of the challenges and opportunities that we face as biblical studies professors, and I profile a handful of ...
Sara Milstein
wiley   +1 more source

Foreword – Archaeometry special issue on chronological modeling

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 67, Issue S1, Page 1-6, June 2025.
Abstract It is well understood that archaeologists, by definition, always strive to assess time as precisely as possible. However, the lack of efficient temporal data interoperability limits our understanding of cross‐cultural historical evolution. This Special Issue of Archaeometry on chronological modelling features nine contributions which, while ...
Thomas Huet, Eythan Levy
wiley   +1 more source

Setup and Characterization of a Fiber Brillouin Amplifier Module for Optical Frequency Transfer Over Interferometric Fiber Links

open access: yesAnnalen der Physik, Volume 537, Issue 5, May 2025.
This study offers a comprehensive overview of the design of fiber Brillouin amplifier modules (FBAMs) for stabilized optical frequency dissemination. It presents a thorough evaluation of the amplification characteristics across various optical signal and pump power levels.
Alexander Kuhl   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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