Results 41 to 50 of about 5,146 (190)
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg +3 more
wiley +1 more source
National Relics: Secular Sacrality, Museums, and Heritage‐Making in Nineteenth‐Century Chile
ABSTRACT This article examines how objects and bodily remains are transformed and ritualized into national relics through collecting and exhibiting practices in museums. Focusing on nineteenth‐century Chile, it draws on archival sources, material culture theory, and the anthropology of religion to argue that objects associated with Chile's nation‐state
Hugo Rueda Ramírez
wiley +1 more source
First Detailed Examination of Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) Remains From Roman Anatolia
ABSTRACT Primates are rare faunal components in zooarchaeological studies worldwide. In this study, we present the presence of a primate in a Roman‐period tomb in Attaleia (modern‐day Antalya). An almost complete cranium with maxillary teeth was examined, and dental measurements were taken.
Ahmet İhsan Aytek, Alper Yener Yavuz
wiley +1 more source
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to gain information on the prevalence and manifestation of hallux valgus and associated foot pathology in ancient Egyptian mummies. Additionally, we investigated possible indicators of postmortem deformation of the feet during mummification. For this study, 34 mummies that had undergone whole body computed tomography (
Stephanie Panzer +7 more
wiley +1 more source
Abstract Ground‐level neutron monitors (NMs) are essential tools for monitoring space weather events, including the detection and alerting of ground‐level enhancement (GLE) events. This study presents findings from a neutron monitoring survey using two compact N50L neutron slab‐based subsystems deployed across various field sites in the United Kingdom (
D. C. Mashao +11 more
wiley +1 more source
Kilikia'da Bir Amazonomakhia Lahdi
A Sarcophagus with Amazonomachy in CiliciaThe article presents a fragment, acquired by the museum of Adana, of a sarcophagus from Cilicia, depicting a scene from an Amazonomachy with a Greek grabbing an Amazon by the hair with his raised hand ...
Serra Durugönül, Deniz Kaplan
doaj
Informaţii arhivistice despre un sarcofag roman la Galaţi
Archive information regarding a Roman sarcophagus in Galaţi Includes a summary in ...
Paul Păltănea
doaj +1 more source
The Sarcophagus of a Nicaean Emperor in Izmir
In this brief paper a marble slab fragment from Izmir in Western Turkey is presented. Originally its description was published by Ch. Texier in 1844 and later deemed missing. We believe that it is an imperial sarcophagus and that it may belong to the emperor of Nicaea, Theodore II Lascaris.
Ergün Laflı, Maurizio Buora
openaire +3 more sources
Abstract Early Byzantine marble objects from Porphyreon and Chhim (Lebanon) were studied to assess the source of raw materials. In all, 66 artefacts, including elements of liturgical furnishings, architectural elements and daily use objects, were examined using optical, cathodoluminescence and scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, and δ13C ...
Mariusz Gwiazda +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Reading and relating with Frieda Fromm‐Reichmann and Joanne Greenberg
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Joshua Pugh
wiley +1 more source

