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Roman Isis and the Pendulum of Tolerance in the Empire [PDF]

, 2008
This paper examines the evolution of Isis, ostensibly the sacred mother, as a political tool in Egypt and (especially) in Rome. Through an analysis of primary and secondary source materials, it is established that Isis\u27 treatment by Roman ...
Merced-Ownbey, D. Jasmine
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Reviving Ancient Egypt in the Renaissance Hieroglyph: Humanist Aspirations to Immortality

Arts
In his On the Art of Building, Renaissance humanist Leon Battista Alberti wrote that the ancient Egyptians believed that alphabetical languages would one day all be lost, but the pictorial method of writing they used could be understood easily by ...
Rebecca M. Howard
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We Are Not GIL [PDF]

, 2019
Cultural practices and events are an occasion to reflect on the space they come to occupy and inhabit\u2014even if temporarily. As it is often the case in Rome, the architecture becomes an overwhelming element to deal with.
CALEO, ILENYA, Fioletta, Serena, Giardini, Federica, Pinto, Isabella   +3 more
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KAMPOR MEMORIAL COMPLEX [PDF]

AR: Arhitektura, Raziskave, 2013
The Kampor Memorial Complex, which was built in 1953 to a design by architect Edvard Ravnikar, is situated on the site of a former cemetery, where between 1942 and 1943 the Italians buried the prisoners who died in the concentration camp on the Island of
Tomaž Krušec
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Motifs of Ancient Egypt in the Poetry of Anton Novačan and Anton Aškerc

Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia
The poetic oeuvres of Anton Aškerc, Akropolis in Piramide (Acropolis and the Pyramids, published in 1909) and Anton Novačan, Večeri ob Nilu (Evenings by the Nile, published in 1933, 1938 and 1939) contain many specific references from ancient Egyptian ...
Andrej Mečulj
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What has been done in rural Tatarstan during a decade of implementing the system of population’ self-taxation

Историческая этнология
The budget deficit in municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan forces local authorities to search for additional sources of funding to solve the problems of rural settlements.
Elvina A. Sagdieva
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Peackeeping, Peace, Memory: Reflections on the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa [PDF]

, 2012
Since 1948, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), Canada has contributed over 80,000 men and women from all branches of the armed forces to global peacekeeping.
Gough, Paul
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A Virtual Environment System for the Comparison of Dome and HMD Systems [PDF]

, 2002
For effective astronaut training applications, choosing the right display devices to present images is crucial. In order to assess what devices are appropriate, it is important to design a successful virtual environment for a comparison study of the ...
Chen, Jian, Harm, Deboran L., Leiss, Ernst L., Lin, Ching-yao, Loftin, R. Bowen   +4 more
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A Tale of Three Cities: Deconstructing the Cross of Gastines in Paris, 1571

Artium Quaestiones
This article considers the erection and subsequent removal of the Parisian Cross of Gastines, a monument commemorating the execution of three Protestant men, between 1569 and 1571. It seeks to foreground the spatial qualities of this tumultuous episode,
Tom Joashi, Maximilian Sternberg
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The Hippodrome [PDF]

, 1956
Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 6-Sultanahmetİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN ...
Photiades, Basil A.
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