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Spherical Panoramas, and non Metric Images for Long Range Survey, the San Barnaba Spire, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Sagrada Familia by Gaudi in Barcelona about 80 years after the death of its creator is going quickly to take its final shape as well as, maintain its original form as Gaudi would have wanted, the actual builders say.  Complicated and elaborated forms,
Cingolani, Elisa, Fangi, Gabriele
core   +8 more sources

An ʿAqaba/Ayla‐type amphora in the sultanate of Oman

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 119-127, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Antique trade amphorae illuminate a little understood but important find category for Arabia, still in the twilight of publication. Most of the find data lie buried in unpublished work regarding recent excavations at ʿAqaba/Ayla. Recent research has verified mineralogically the origin of these documents and their dating.
Paul A. Yule
wiley   +1 more source

CRANIAL AND POST-CRANIAL TRAUMATIC INJURY PATTERNS IN VAN CASTLE MOUND MEDIEVAL POPULATION [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The excavations conducted at Van Castle Mound, East Anatolia, between 1987 and 2010 uncovered a total of 328 human skeletons dating back to the Medieval period.
Basibuyuk, Gulusan Ozgun   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 430-458, August 2023., 2023
The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second
Grigori Simeonov
wiley   +1 more source

A note on the terms rum and anatolia in seljuk and early ottoman times [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
Ή παρούσα μελέτη εξετάζει τις ποικίλες σημασίες των όρων Rum (=χώρες των Ρωμαίων, δηλ. των Βυζαντινών) καί Anatolia/Anatolu (= χώρεςάνατολικά τής αύτοκρατορίας, δηλ.
Savvides, Alexis G.
core   +2 more sources

Rapprochement between Sunnīs and Imāmīs during the Crusades [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
يتتبَّع هذا البحث مظاهر التقارب والتحالف بين أهل السنَّة والشيعة الإمامية أيام الحروب الصليبية. ومن الأمثلة التاريخية التي وردت في البحث علاقةُ أهل السنّة بالشيعة الإمامية في كل من طرابلس الشام وحلب آنذاك، وكذلك مساعي الوزير الإمامي بالدولة الفاطمية ...
El-Shinqiti, Mohamed El-Moctar
core   +3 more sources

The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
wiley   +1 more source

The Dark and Middle Ages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
For the most part only Plato\u27s teachings supported by a limited version of Aristotelian cosmology supportive of Platonism survived the decline of ancient Greek philosophy during the Roman Empire. Christianity later prevailed, and toward the end of the
Jayne, Edward
core   +1 more source

Towards a New Reference Dataset for Northwest Arabian Pottery: A Preliminary Characterization of the Fabrics, Techniques, Shapes and Decoration of the Pre‐Islamic Pottery From Dadan (Third Millennium bce–Early First Millennium ce)

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 138-196, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The site of Dadan, in the al‐ʿUlā valley, is one of the major and longest‐settled ancient oasis settlements in northwest Arabia. As part of the Saudi‐French Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA), a study of its pre‐Islamic ceramic assemblage has been underway since 2020.
Shadi Shabo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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