Deepening Inside the Pictorial Layers of Etruscan Sarcophagus of Hasti Afunei: An Innovative Micro-Sampling Technique for Raman/SERS Analyses [PDF]
The Hasti Afunei sarcophagus is a large Etruscan urn, made up of two chalky alabaster monoliths. Dated from the last quarter of the third century BC, it was found in 1826 in the small town of Chiusi (Tuscany- Il Colle place) by a landowner, Pietro Bonci ...
Rossella Gagliano Candela +7 more
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Cognitive and emotional responses to viewing mummies in an Egyptian museum [PDF]
IntroductionA recent subfield of neuropsychology is the study of people’s reactions to visiting a museum and observing artworks. However, museums do not only contain artworks or archeological finds, and some of them exhibit human remains, such as mummies.
M. Iosa +5 more
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Roman sarcophagus from Titel [PDF]
The unusual Roman sarcophagus of green volcaniclastic rock that was found in Titel, a small town in Vojvodina (SRB), and is now kept in the Muzeul National al Banatului, in Timişoara (RO), caused considerable unease among scholars in the past as
Đurić Bojan
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Sarcophagous tombstone with Kufic inscription of the Derbent muslim necropolis of the 11th — 12th cc. [PDF]
In 2020 during secure and rescue archaeological observations in Derbent, the Muslim burial ground, representing once vast separate section of medieval urban necropolis of Derbent outside the architecturally allocated shahristan, was identified. This site
Gadjiev, M.S., Gasanov, M.A.
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Deterioration and conservation of an archaeological Byzantine lead sarcophagus from Jerash, Jordan
The research looks at a Byzantine sarcophagus made of lead, found in Jerash (Gerasa), Jordan, kept in the warehouse of the Jerash Museum under No.1824. The sarcophagus was exposed to unsuitable storage conditions that caused severe damage. Examination by
Wassef Al Sekhaneh +3 more
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NAOS OF THE KING DARIUS I Nº.200 AT MALAWI MUSEUM [PDF]
ناووس الملك داريوس الأول بمتحف ملوى رقم (200) [Ar] ناووس صغير من الخشب الملون والمغطى بالجص، بشكل صندوقى
Marwa Mohamed
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Late Roman necropolis Beljnjača in Šid [PDF]
After accidental discovery of the Late Roman sarcophagus in Šid there were conducted rescue archaeological excavations in 1998. On that occasion has been discovered underground rectangular structure - crypt where the sarcophagus had been placed.
Pop-Lazić Stefan
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3D DIGITIZATION OF AN HERITAGE MASTERPIECE - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON QUALITY ASSESSMENT [PDF]
Despite being perceived as interchangeable when properly applied, close-range photogrammetry and range imaging have both their pros and limitations that can be overcome using suitable procedures.
F. Menna +5 more
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Deciphering the Shi Jun Sarcophagus Using Sogdian Religious Beliefs, Tales, and Hymns
The discovery of the Northern Zhou (557–581AD) tomb of Shi Jun (494–579 CE) presents us with spectacular visual information about the Sogdians in medieval China, which was previously available to us only through written sources.
Bing Huang
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The Portonaccio Sarcophagus’ Roman Cavalry Charge: New Insights (and a Postscript on the Film Gladiator’s Clash with the Germans) [PDF]
The Portonaccio Sarcophagus portrays on its front side one of the most realistic engagements between Roman cavalry and barbarians during the Imperial period. The Sarcophagus was fashioned, it appears, for Marcus Aurelius’ general, Aulus Julius Pompilius.
Robert B. Kebric
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