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Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT Over the past century, archaeological investigations at the ancient city of Bubastis (Tell Basta) have revealed a complex urban landscape featuring temples, a palace, and cemeteries. However, the eastern part of the city remains poorly understood.
Philipp Garbe +5 more
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Innovation in Serdab Decoration in the Late Sixth Dynasty
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2016 The decorative motif in the serdab of the tomb of Pepyankh Henykem at Meir is extremely unusual. Examination of this decoration, and a comparison with the few extant parallels, suggests that it represents a late Old Kingdom attempt at innovation in tomb decoration. In addition, the possibility of a personal link between Pepyankh and a family from Giza
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 210-220, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT Archaeological evidence demonstrates that mortuary practices involving human sacrifice, known in Korea as sunjang, were conducted in ancient Korea. However, few studies have examined the biological attributes of individuals associated with this practice to explore the relationship between sacrificial victims and principal tomb occupants or to ...
Eun Jin Woo +3 more
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, 2012 As developed in the fields of anthropology and sociology, the concept of ethnicity offers one possible approach to analyzing diversity in the population of ancient Egypt.
Baines, John, Riggs, Christina
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Investigation of the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese imitation mirrors
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 937-949, August 2025.Abstract We revisit the chemical data on imitation Japanese bronze mirrors of the Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE), which Hisao Mabuchi (馬淵久夫) has used to suggest that these mirrors were made from broken imported Han‐style mirrors diluted with additional copper. Using a different approach, we confirm that the composition of these mirrors is consistent with
Mark Pollard, Ruiliang Liu, Yun Zhang
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Unpublished Cuneiform Texts from Old Babylonian Period
مجلة الآداب, 2018 The cuneiform texts particularly the economic texts are considered as one of the most important documents that reflect the reality of everyday life, in fact among the periods of Mesopotamia the Old Babylonian Period (1595-2004 B.C) was characterized by ...
Hussein Mohammed Al-Hummeri
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Emerging from Anonymity: The First Generation of Writers of Songs and Drama in Mid-Ming Nanjing [PDF]
, 2010 This article traces the first generation of writers of songs and drama in Nanjing who emerged from the anonymous context of early Ming court entertainment and established their name and reputation in the second half of the fifteenth century.
Tan, Tian Yuan
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The changing Buddhist landscape: Anxiety and the development of Pure Land Buddhism in medieval China
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 280-291, August 2025.Abstract The introduction of Pure Land practice and belief into medieval China changed the Buddhist landscape. Pure Land Buddhism offered a new pathway and new methods for achieving enlightenment. However, these changes were also a significant source of anxiety among the early community of Pure Land practitioners.
Kendall R. Marchman
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Borchardt’s cache as a source for Old Kingdom prosopography: First approach to unearthed non‑royal tombs in Abusir [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické StudieDuring the excavation of the mastaba of Vizier Ptahshepses at Abusir in 1968, Zbyněk Žába, the then director of the Czechoslovak mission, found almost two thousand relief fragments in one of the rooms of the spacious tomb.
Veronika Dulíková
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An Examination of the Ethical Themes in Nafthat al-Masdur by Zaydari Nasawi [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاریHistorians, narrators, and writers - who attached great importance to didactic literature, particularly ethics-have traditionally employed the art of thematic expression to convey their intended messages. Among these works, Nafthat al-Masdur by Shihab al-
Masomeh Safdari +2 more
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