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The Pace di Siena and its Gems
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 11, Page 1254-1278, November 2025.For the first time, the gems of the Pace di Siena, a rare en ronde bosse enamel preserved in Arezzo (Italy), have been analyzed using a transdisciplinary approach. The combination of gemmology and Raman spectroscopy has led to the identification of blue sapphires and pink spinels, contradicting previous historical classifications.
Stefania Martiniello +6 more
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The Elder Pliny, Posidonius and Surfaces
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2005 This paper tries to demonstrate that some passages of Pliny's Naturalis historia on metallurgical materials are influenced by the Stoic philosopher Posidonius' view that surfaces possess a physical existence. Indeed, Pliny reports that copper surfaces are material, both acting towards drawing a patina to themselves, and being acted upon; i.e.
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Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 11, Page 1302-1314, November 2025.This paper presents a new protocol for the laboratory preparation of archaeological samples. Ceramics that have been hand‐crafted using different sediments as raw materials were collected in a Roman Villa sited in Fiumana (FC), Italy. This method aims at concentrating and analysing heavy minerals in the 15–250 μm grain size fraction, studying the ...
S. Andò +6 more
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‘CELTIC BRITAIN’ IN PRE‐ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY, RECONSIDERED
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 446-461, November 2025.Summary For forty years archaeologists have avoided referring to pre‐Roman Britain and its inhabitants as ‘Celtic’ on the grounds that contemporaries never described them as such. This is incorrect. The second‐century BC astronomer Hipparchus quotes Pytheas (c. 320 BC) as having referred to Britons as ‘Keltoi’.
Patrick Sims‐Williams
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A survey of generic names in Rubiaceae (Gentianales) with notes on context and patterns in naming
TAXON, Volume 74, Issue 5, Page 1153-1171, October 2025.Abstract Rubiaceae is one of the most diverse angiosperm families and consequently is the topic of much systematic research. Plenty of literature exists on the familial, tribal, and species level; however, a comprehensive overview of the names at the generic level is lacking. The aim of this study is to present a survey of all names and designations at
Brecht Verstraete +2 more
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More on the Labyrinth on the Coins of Knossos
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2013 In his ‘Natural History’ (36.84-93), Pliny the Elder lists four buildings termed ‘labyrinths’. His second labyrinth, which came directly after the Egyptian one, was built by Daedalus in Crete, not far from Knossos, and appears on Knossian coins as the ...
Mariusz Mielczarek
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Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 5, Page 1373-1390, October 2025.Abstract Architectural and engineering elements of the Roman civilization constitute an important cultural heritage. Nevertheless, not all ancient Roman cities and the roads connecting them have been found, mainly because classical geographical sources show a significant lack of precision.
Jesús M. Romera +2 more
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Resemblance and camouflage in Graeco-Roman antiquity
Sign Systems Studies, 2010 In the twenty-eighth book of the Naturalis Historia Pliny the Elder claims that, if a chameleon’s left leg is roasted together with a herb bearing the same name, and everything is mixed with ointment, cut in lozenges, and stored in a wooden little box ...
Massimo Leone
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The Legacy of Manuel Cardona: A Bibliometric Study
physica status solidi (b), Volume 262, Issue 9, September 2025.Manuel Cardona who passed away about 10 years ago was a highly cited physicist in his lifetime. His legacy in terms of an analysis of his publication record and a bibliometric citation analysis is presented. A bibliometric analysis of the publication activities of Manuel Cardona is presented.
Reinhard K. Kremer +3 more
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L’odeur comme vecteur des épizooties et la mithridatisation des chevaux
Pallas, 2018 Glanders (morbus, suspirium) is a horse’s disease which was supposed to be transmitted by the breath of ill horses or emanations from dead animals in Mulomedicina Chironis 191-194.
Valérie Gitton-Ripoll
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