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This paper aims to shed light on the mobility of people and relics in the seventh century. It will show that Emperor Heraclius strategically designed his movements and those of his household, citizens, and officials, as well as those of relics within and beyond the borders of Byzantium, in order to consolidate the empire and his position in it.
Paraskevi Sykopetritou
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Beyond dots with dates: A landscape approach to the Sohar hinterlands
Abstract Landscape archaeology, as a type of research based on a systemic surface survey and that results in quantifiable datasets of high quality, has started to be practiced in southeastern Arabia only in recent years. In this paper, I will briefly review the short history of landscape archaeology in the area and its relevance.
Bleda S. Düring
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Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo‐)archaeology — A review
Abstract Ostracods as bioindicators are extremely useful for reconstructing palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate and can also indicate the provenance of sediments and materials, for example, in studies on ancient commercial networks. Ostracods are small crustaceans that live in almost all aquatic habitats, both natural and man‐made.
Ella Quante, Anna Pint, Peter Frenzel
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The Alans, an Iranian-speaking people attested in the chronicles of the ancient world from the first century AD, played an important role in the Caucasian region until the Mongol invasion.
Ognibene, Paolo
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Reverberations of Persepolis: Persianist Readings of Late Roman Wall Decoration
Animal combats (venationes) were a popular entertainment in the Roman world. Splashy panels of inlaid marble (opus sectile) commemorate these bloody contests in several buildings in and around Rome.
Stephanie A. Hagan
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Studying the Motifs of Iranian Thrones in Ancient Era and Their Evolution [PDF]
In Iran, The beginning of the construction of thrones, stools and similar devices coincided with the beginning of urbanization in the sixth millennium BC.
seyedeh motahareh mousavi +2 more
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A Study of Judicial Rulings Issued in the Darabgerd Court in the Sasanian Period Relying on Legal Rulings in the Field of Women [PDF]
The Madian ī hazār dādestān (Mādayān ī hazār dādestān), the sole surviving legal text from the Sasanian period, provides significant insights into the legal system and procedural rules of that era.
soheila kamjoo
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Mīrzā Muḥammad Naṣīr Furṣat al-Dawla and the Archaeology of Iranian Archaeology [PDF]
Unlike other related studies which are focusing on either excavations or excavators, this essay explores some aspects of the early development of archaeology in Islamic Iran as a particular moment in intellectual history.
Szántó, Iván
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Sasanian Presence and Late Iron Age Samad in Central Oman, some Corrections [PDF]
The question arises as to the nature of Parthian and Sasanian presence in south-eastern Arabia. Important is the role of the archaeological record in Oman in the early first millennium CE.
Yule, Paul
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Megjegyzések Prokopios „perzsa történeteihez” (De bellis I, 2–6) [PDF]
Történeti műve bevezetŐjének végén Prokopios vázolja a bizánciak és a perzsák kapcsolatának történetét. A mű ezen részét (De bellis I, 2–6), mely anekdotába illŐ epizódokból, mesékbŐl és kitalált történetekbŐl áll, a kutatók a történeti hitelességet ...
Mészáros, Tamás
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