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Touching the Gods: physical interaction with cult statues in the Roman world [PDF]
, 2010 „Touching the Gods: physical interaction with cult statues in the Roman world‟ explores different forms of physical interaction with cult statues in the many cults and beliefs evident across the Roman world, and proposes wide-ranging implications of this
WEDDLE, POLLY
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding social factors that affected how people interpreted the meanings of COVID‐19 measures is important in postpandemic times. This study applies perspectives from research on emotions as one of the possible explanations and focuses on how institutions and their measures are perceived in the context of individual emotional situations.
Eva M. Hejzlarová
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STUDY AND PUBLICATION OF A BUST FROM GABBARI NECROPOLIS IN ALEXANDRIA [PDF]
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Heritage ResearchThe research paper deals with the study and publication of a bust carved from white limestone and preserved in the storeroom of the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria under the preservation number (GRM 29255).
Abdel-Basset Ali, Tony Abdel-Salam
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Gender and public image in imperial Rome
, 2007 Roman gender was often defined and regulated visually – that is, if and under what conditions a woman or man appeared in public, through personal appearance, or through representations in art or literature.
McCullough, Anna
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Pliny’s “Role Models of Both Sexes”: Gender and exemplarity in the Letters
Eugesta, 2014 The Letters of Pliny the Younger are notable both for their portraits of outstanding women and for their thoughtful treatment of exemplarity. This article explores Pliny’s innovative portrayal in his Letters of women as moral exempla within his new
Rebecca Langlands
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Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past decade, cyber scamming has expanded rapidly across Southeast Asia. These operations cluster in compounds within business parks, casinos, industrial zones and other real estate developments. Although organized crime is often assumed to thrive where states are weak, this article offers a politically grounded explanation for why ...
Neil Loughlin
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Aethiopica, 2013 As proposed by several scholars, among the many modern on-lookers depicted on the walls of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, foreign diplomats are also portrayed: e.g., the Portuguese ambassador and the Florentine emissaries.
Marco Bonechi
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Melusine, Emblem of the Self: The Female Traveler and the Contours of Acceptable Difference
The German Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Though the foreign roots of Volksbücher such as Thüring von Ringoltingen's Melusine (1457) have long been recognized, these early modern German prose novels are still characterized as insular and folksy. Taking Melusine as an example, this article uses the framework of mobility to offer a new interpretation that posits the Volksbuch as an ...
Andrew C. Sternhagen Schwenk
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Using portraits to quantify the changes of generalized social trust in European history: A replication study. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Guillou L, Safra L, Baumard N.
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