Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor [PDF]
Albanus, an eponymous ancestor for the kingdom of Alba, provides an example of the extent to which the creation of an ethnic identity was accompanied by new ideas about origins, which replaced previous accounts.
Evans, Nicholas J.
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The fishing and fowling scene in the tomb of Ibi: a means of expression for a provincial ruler [PDF]
This article aims to show how the fishing and fowling scene, which is frequent in Old Kingdom private tombs, is used in the tomb of Ibi as a way to display a specific social and ideological message.
Aurélie Quirion
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La politique territoriale du roi Sahourê à la lumière de récentes découvertes
The territorial organisation in the early Fifth Dynasty remains little known compared to the Sixth Dynasty, for which the data are more numerous. However, in recent years, there have been several discoveries concerning the reign of Sahure (c.
Émilie Martinet
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Egypt was characterized by a distinctive terrain which formed its privacy and natural boundaries, and it formed a type of intellectual communication between its population from the Iproto-Dynastic period, and that had a great role in the importance of ...
Mahmoud Garhy
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The Effects of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah’s Economic Reforms on Reducing the Consequences of the al-Mustansiriyah Crisis [PDF]
Egypt faced successive periods of inflation during the first generation of the Fatimid caliphs. The crises that resulted in the accumulation of gold and its gradual elimination from commercial interactions were so serious that the Fatimid caliph “Al ...
Vajhhe Golmakani +2 more
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The paper is dedicated to the quest for the sources of the two notes made by Daniil Kharms in his notebooks and dated May 1927 and July 1933. The first one is devoted to someone “great Rebbe from Liadi”: Kharms was going to get his book with musical ...
Аleksandr А. Kobrinsky
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Portable Faith: Toward a Non-Site-Specific History of Buddhist Art in Japan
From small-scale shrines to handheld icons and votive tablets, portability has long factored into the design and reception of Buddhist art. This article charts the uses and design of portable objects that are as instrumental and effective as their ...
Chun-Wa Chan
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A Critical Note on Golden Shipwreck Tang at Asian Civilizations Museum of Singapore [PDF]
Obviously, the Sasanian era is one of the most magnificent historical periods of Iran. However, the collapse of the Sasanian Empire and the migration of thousands of Sasanian musicians and artists along with the royal dynasty (Yazdgerd III) became a new ...
Daryoosh Akbarzadeh
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One of the minor gods: A case study on Khentytjenenet, an Old Kingdom deity of the Memphite necropolis [PDF]
Hitherto sparse evidence on Khentytjenenet has been markedly enlarged owing to new excavations of the Czech archaeological mission at Abusir.
Veronika Dulíková
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THE PROFESSIONS AND HIERARCHY OF NEKHEBU [PDF]
(En) The aim of this paper is to examine the titles and professions of an Old Kingdom official particularly a sixth dynasty royal Architect who performed the tasks of his career under the sovereign Pepi I.
Ahmed Abdelmoniem
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