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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Greek Commodities in Phoenicia: An Interdisciplinary Study of Imported Amphorae From Tell el‐Burak (Lebanon)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transport amphorae of Greek/Aegean types from the 7th–4th c. BCE imported to the Phoenician coastal settlement of Tell el‐Burak, Lebanon. We present a selection of 58 pieces analyzed by typological, chemical (NAA), and petrographic approaches.
Maximilian Rönnberg, Marcel Frenken, Johannes H. Sterba, Silvia Amicone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conserving traditional wisdom in a commodified landscape: Unpacking brand Ayurveda. [PDF]

J Ayurveda Integr Med, 2023
Viale M, Vicol M.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori, Ileana De Giuseppe, Fabrizio Frontalini, Luca Pellegrino, Richard W. Jordan, Pierfrancesco Callieri, Emad Matin, Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Hamid Fadaei, Valeria Mengacci, Fulvio Fantino   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

From tension to cooperation: the interactions of british orientalists with indian scholars in Calcutta, 1784-1794

Theatrum Historiae, 2009
This paper aims at reconfiguring the production of Orientalist knowledge by focusing on the relationships between British and Indian scholars in India at the end of the eighteenth century.
Claire Gallien
doaj  

Assessing Mobility Among Inferred Elites Interred in Crypts 1–3 on Kom H at Tungul (Old Dongola), Sudan

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the capital of Makuria, Tungul was a major sociopolitical center within medieval Nubia, being the seat of a bishopric and a monastic community. During the excavation of the Kom H monastery, three burial crypts (Crypts 1–3) were uncovered.
Robert J. Stark, Artur Obłuski, Robert Mahler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi, Federica Spagnoli, Vittorio Vinciguerra, Stefania Garzoli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Significant Other. Staging the American in China by Claire Conceison [PDF]

, 2008
Ferrari, Rossella
core   +1 more source

Changes in the microbiome and metabolome in captive red kangaroos (Osphranter rufus) affected by macropod progressive periodontal disease

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Macropod progressive periodontal disease (MPPD) is a severe oral condition frequently observed in captive macropods, particularly red kangaroos (Osphranter rufus), yet its underlying biological features remain poorly understood. In this exploratory descriptive study, we investigated oral and fecal microbiomes and metabolomic profiles in captive red ...
Y Yoshimoto, N Nagata, R Inoue, Y Yamamoto, K Nagaoka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Qualitative Analysis of Social Indicators in Highly Polluting Sectors: The Challenge for Multifaceted Standards in Emerging Economies

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institutional current effort to regulate and increase the quantity and quality of sustainability information reported by companies is undeniable. However, the growing complexity of sustainability reporting standards creates isolated compartments for each major dimension of sustainability, leaving aside their interconnectedness and combined
M. Marco‐Fondevila, J. M. Moneva, S. Scarpellini, J. L. Osorio‐Tejada   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source