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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)

Arabian 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, Jérôme Rohmer, Francelin Tourtet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Covering the Deceased’s Heads with Pottery Vessels: Insight from Late and Ptolemaic Period Necropolis in Saqqara West

Études et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
Among the more than 700 burials of the Late and Ptolemaic periods discovered by the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological Mission in Saqqara West, in the case of two burials the heads of the deceased were covered, respectively, with a vessel and half a vessel.
Małgorzata Radomska
doaj   +1 more source

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Settlement Area of Ancient Bubastis (Tell Basta), Southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT Over the past century, archaeological investigations at the ancient city of Bubastis (Tell Basta) have revealed a complex urban landscape featuring temples, a palace, and cemeteries. However, the eastern part of the city remains poorly understood.
Philipp Garbe, Amr Abd El‐Raouf, Martin Behl, Ashraf Es‐Senussi, Eva Lange‐Athinodorou, Julia Meister   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From the Womb to the Tomb: Identifying Calving Deaths in Archaeology

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 462-472, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT Dystocia, or difficult birth, is a major cause of maternal and neonatal mortality in both human and animal populations, yet its archaeological visibility remains remarkably low. This paper explores the diagnostic potential of archaeological deposits of pregnant livestock, particularly cattle, to identify cases of calving‐related mortality.
Annelise Binois‐Roman
wiley   +1 more source

Elementary Students' Metacognitive Knowledge of Epistemic Criteria

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Volume 62, Issue 7, Page 1721-1742, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Scientific modeling is a core practice of scientific inquiry. Students' engagement in modeling can be enhanced by attending to epistemic criteria, which in science are standards used to evaluate the validity and accuracy of scientific models. While prior research has focused on students' development and use of epistemic criteria in scientific ...
Danielle Murphy, Ravit Golan Duncan, Clark A. Chinn, Joshua Danish, Cindy E. Hmelo Silver, Jinzhi Zhou, Zach Ryan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Year’s flasks from Tell Tebilla [PDF]

Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2023
The joint mission from Mansoura University and the Daqahlia inspectorate (Supreme Council of Antiquities) began its work at the Tell Tebilla site near Mendes in the Delta in November 2018. During the excavation, several mastaba tombs were discovered. One
Ayman Wahby , Mohamed Ali Abdelmawla , Sherief Abdelmoniem   +2 more
doaj  

The lost altar of the Ptolemaic Sanctuary at Hermopolis Magna (Egypt): hypothetical reconstruction and publication of the Rizkallah Makramallah excavation work

Virtual Archaeology Review
The research tackles the study, publication, and hypothetical three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a mudbrick construction from the Ptolemaic period, situated within a Hellenistic sanctuary at Hermopolis Magna in Middle Egypt.
Ahmed M. Bassioni
doaj   +1 more source

Regional onset of Holocene drying period estimated from sand deposit analyses in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1106-1119, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Desertification in North Africa has progressed rapidly over the past 6000 years. The occupation of Egypt by the Achaemenid Persians and Romans occurred even in hyperarid climates. Understanding the process of environmental changes on a regional scale may improve knowledge of how people developed technologies and adapted to the natural ...
Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kamei
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula

Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 364-379, April 2025.
Abstract Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS), and a subset of samples (n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC‐TIMS).
Cristina Boschetti, Jorge de Juan Ares, Sophie Gilotte, Catherine Guerrot, Nadine Schibille   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond “moral progress”: A dual‐character conception of moral change

Metaphilosophy, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 194-208, April 2025.
Abstract Philosophers who study moral progress often hold a largely unacknowledged conception of moral history, which one may call the problem‐solving conception of moral progress. This conception pictures humans as problem solvers, who make progress by advancing morally significant values in society. This conception, however, overlooks the conflict of
Heng Ying
wiley   +1 more source