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"I Sank through the Centuries" : Late Antiquity Inscribed in Göran Tunström's Novel The Thief

open access: yes, 2018
A unique treasure has been kept in Uppsala University Library in Sweden since the 17th century: the Gothic Codex Argenteus. The aim of this chapter is to examine Göran Tunström's novel Tjuven (1986; The Thief) about a fictive theft of the codex, and its ...
Bodin, Helena,
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Late antiquity: the twilight of mouldmade lamps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The article examines clay lamp evolution in late antiquity and explores the probable reasons for the dominance of mouldmade lamps during the first Christian centuries and the possible causes which led to their disappearance at the close of late ...
Motsianos, Ioannis
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Leveraging Big Multitemporal Multisource Satellite Data and Artificial Intelligence for the Detection of Complex and Invisible Features: The Case of Extensive Irrigation Mapping

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection of buried or obscured archaeological features remains a central challenge in landscape archaeology, particularly in the irrigated floodplains of Mesopotamia where levees and canals formed the basis of complex agrarian systems. This study presents a deep learning–based approach for the large‐scale, automated detection of ancient ...
Nazarij Buławka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Monotheistic" tendency in the late antiquity paganism

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 1996
The unceasing approximation of the remarkable 2000th anniversary of the coming to the world of Christ highlights the need for further analysis of those processes that took place in the spiritual life of the ancient peoples and laid the foundations of ...
I. Mozgovyy
doaj   +1 more source

Castro de Guifões (Northwest Portugal) during Late Antiquity: perspectives on archaeological and anthracological data recovered in an Archaeological Research Project framework

open access: yes
This study examines the archaeological and anthracological findings from Castro de Guifões in Northwest Portugal, focusing on its significance during Late Antiquity.
Magalhães, Catarina, Arezes, Andreia
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Late Antiquity and World History [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The flourishing of late-antique studies in the last half-century has coincided with the rise of “world history” as an area of academic research. To an extent, some overlap has occurred, particularly with Sasanian Persia being considered alongside the ...
Mark Humphries
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Scanning Parametric Sediment Echosounder as Tool for Underwater Archaeological Prospection

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater cultural heritage 3D prospection techniques, especially for remains that are partly buried in the ground, are only very rarely available and often can only be applied with considerable technical effort. To overcome this limitation, we evaluate a methodological adaption of widely used and available single channel parametric sediment ...
Dennis Wilken   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Remote Sensing, Archaeological Survey and Geophysical Prospections for the Enhancement of Roman Doclea, Montenegro

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Roman city of Doclea is a key archaeological site of Montenegro, valued for its impressive remains and its role in the nation's cultural identity within European and the Mediterranean history. Doclea was the second‐largest city in the province of Roman Dalmatia, a municipium created in the first century ad and named after the Illyrian ...
Tatjana Koprivica   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Pompeii Subsoil Using Geomatics and Geophysics Merged Analyses

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The archaeological site of Pompeii represents an exceptional context for the application of non‐invasive and integrated investigation methods aimed at enhancing the understanding of both exposed and buried remains. This study presents the results of multidisciplinary research conducted in the Palestra Grande site, a large and strategically ...
Valentina Santoro   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Good Christian Ruler according to the Bishop of Rome: Clementia and Humilitas in the Papal Correspondence during Late Antiquity (Late Fourth–Early Seventh Century)

open access: yes
International audienceThis paper aims to show how vulnerability is part and parcel of the ideal Christian ruler in Late Antiquity in light of two notions, humility and clemency, through their definition and use in the Roman bishops’ letters.
Lafontaine, Rémi
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