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The story of the only (?) megalith grave on Gotland Island [PDF]

Documenta Praehistorica, 2010
In this paper, we discuss the easternmost material expression of the Funnel Beaker Culture – a megalith grave on the west coast of Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea.
Helene Martinsson-Wallin, Paul Wallin
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Hypothesis of the dimensional-geometric scheme of the Nabta-Playa megalith landscape monument [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The study aimed at identifying a scheme of dimensional and geometric relation-ships that could applied to a famous megalithic monument called “calendar circle”, located in the archaeological area of Nabta Playa.
Shatalov Alexander
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Rock of Eternity: The Megalith of Pallikonda [PDF]

Ancient Asia, 2016
The south Indian megalithic age exhibits a wonderful range of sepulchral and non sepulchral stone monuments erected possibly within 1100 BC–300 AD. However, building megalithic graves fell into disuse post-1000 AD for yet unknown
Pradipta Banerjee
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Rituals and Practices of Megalith Building: An Archaeological and Ethnographic Study of Megaliths in Oinam Village in Manipur, Northeast India [PDF]

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
Despite some reports of the living tradition of megalith building among a few communities in Northeast India, the rituals and practices involved in such undertakings have not been studied in detail.
Oinam Premchand Singh
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Borobudur temple and the megalith villages of the Ngadha and Manggarai in the light of Indonesia’s tourist promotion; A legacy of colonial representation [PDF]

Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2023
As a foreign exchange earner for the Indonesian government, the tourism industry has currently prioritized ten tourist destinations. Problematically, this promotion of the beauty and diversity of nature and ethnicty marginalizes and exoticizes a number ...
Tular Sudarmadi
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Megaliths, Monuments, and Materiality [PDF]

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010
Stones, and especially the arrangement of large stones in relation to one another, have long been the focus of attention in megalith studies, a concern reflected in the name itself. It is, however, a blinkered view. Many so-called megalithic monuments embody other carefully selected materials in their construction, including turf, soil, rubble, and ...
Timothy Darvill
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Some dimensional-geometric modulations of the Stonehenge megalithic complex [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The article is devoted to the modulated dimensional-geometric peculiarities of the Stonehenge megalith and continues the theme of our previous publications devoted to such megalithic objects as the “stone ship” Ales Stenar, small circle in Nabta Playa ...
Shatalov Alexander
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Safety and immunogenicity of primary vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (SYS6006) in Chinese participants aged 18 years or more: Two randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled and dose-escalation phase 1 clinical trials. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2023
Vaccination plays a key role in preventing morbidity and mortality caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We aimed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a SARS-CoV-2 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine ...
Chen GL, Qiu YZ, Wu KQ, Wu Y, Wang YH, Zou YY, Peng CG, Zhao J, Su C, Ma JH, Ni SN, Wang X, Jin TH, Jiang Q, Guo T, Xu Y, Huang CC, Zhang Q, Liu KL, Ji L, Yang HY, Li CL, Su YW, Lu X, Li LJ.   +24 more
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The safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of heterologous boosting with a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (SYS6006) in Chinese participants aged 18 years or more: a randomized, open-label, active-controlled phase 3 trial. [PDF]

Emerg Microbes Infect
Continuous emergence of new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), enhanced transmissibility, significant immune escape, and waning immunity call for booster vaccination.
Zhou C, Qiu Y, Wang J, Zhong X, Zhu X, Huang X, Yang L, Ji Q, Zhou F, Wu S, Yang M, Zhang J, Liu K, Ji L, Yang H, Li C, Zhao Y.   +16 more
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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (I) - MEGALITHIC PREHISTORIC BUILDINGS - DIVISION, ORIGIN AND SPREAD [PDF]

e-Zbornik. Elektronički Zbornik Radova Građevinskog Fakulteta, 2022
Giant stone structures all over the world, with their millennia-old age, size, durability, construction method that surpasses the technical capabilities of ancient cultures, but also with a mysterious purpose, have aroused the interest of experts and the
Krešimir Šaravanja, Frano Oreč, Valerija Kopilaš   +2 more
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