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A Critical Note on Golden Shipwreck Tang at Asian Civilizations Museum of Singapore [PDF]

open access: yesمجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

THE PROFESSIONS AND HIERARCHY OF NEKHEBU [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2020
(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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Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The Narmer Palette occupies a key position in our understanding of the transition from Predynastic to Dynastic culture in Egypt. Previous interpretations have focused largely upon correspondences between its decorative content and later conventions of ...
Wengrow, D
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A Female Scribe in the Twenty Sixth Dynasty (Iretrau) [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Studies in World Archaeology, 2018
This research studies Iretrau’s title ‘sS-sHm.t’ which was mentioned several times in her tomb. This is a clear reference of literacy. It is notable that Iretrau and her position as a scribe is one of the most complicated issues, due to the lack of texts written by her as a male scribe, as well as the absence of writing tools in her tomb.
openaire   +2 more sources

The tombs of Kaisebi (AS 76) and Ptahwer (AS 76b) at Abusir South [PDF]

open access: yesPražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017
The excavations at Abusir South have already uncovered many tombs that have added valuable information to the general knowledge of the development of the Old Kingdom society, its burial and funeral habits, and last but not least social relations and ...
Veronika Dulíková   +4 more
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Louis XI of Valois (1461–1483)

open access: yesEncyclopedia, 2022
Louis XI (1461–1483) was the sixth king of the Valois branch of the Capetian dynasty in France; he ruled from 1463 until his death in 1483. Louis was the son of Charles VII (1403–1461) and Marie of Anjou (1404–1463).
Julia Faiers
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Yang Liangyao's Mission of 785 to the Caliph of Baġdād: evidence of an early Sino-Arabic power alliance? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The primary focus of this article is the information provided in a tomb stele (shendao zhi bei 神道之碑) of a Chinese eunuch, a certain Yang Liangyao 楊良瑤 (736–806), that will be comparatively analysed against the background of the political landscape under ...
Schottenhammer, Angela
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary report on archaeological activities on the Late Period shaft tomb necropolis in Abusir, mainly the tomb of Wahibremeryneith (AW 6) [PDF]

open access: yesPražské Egyptologické Studie, 2022
In a group of large shaft tombs situated in the western part of the ancient Egyptian necropolis at Abusir and dating to late Twenty sixth Dynasty or early Twenty seventh Dynasty, a unique embalming cache has been unearthed.
Ladislav Bareš   +3 more
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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its founder, the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie,
Stevenson, AE
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