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Zu Einem Scheinbar Enigmatischen Epitheton Eines Meisterschiachters aus dem Späten Alten Reich [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Reinterpretation of a supposed crytogrphic group in an inscription of the Sixth Dynasty as standard orthography for wdpw = s, ‘its (= the slaughterhouse's) butler’.
Ludwig D. Morenz
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley   +1 more source

Sourcing carnelian beads from the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kish, Iraq, 2450–2200 BCE: Stylistic, technological and geochemical approaches

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S22-S37, April 2026.
Abstract Trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization is studied through the analysis of Early Dynastic III Period (2600–2350 BCE) carnelian beads from the site of Kish, Iraq. Morphological and technological features of the beads are compared with beads from the Indus region.
J. Mark Kenoyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Idealism in Poem, Realism in Politics: Political Thought and Activities of Bahar [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat, 2017
In this article, the less known aspect of Malek al Shoara Mohammad Taghi Bahar, contemporary great and famous Iranian poet, namely his political life in both theory and action, would be considered.
محسن مدیر شانه چی
doaj   +1 more source

Was Einhard a widower?

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 21-37, March 2026.
Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
wiley   +1 more source

Social Background of the Establishment of the Land-System of the T'ai-p'ing Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yes, 1951
The generally accepted view that the T’ai-p’ing Dynasty (太平天國) established a public-owned land system is based on the T’ien-chao t’ien-mou chin-tn 天朝田畝制度 compiled and published by the T’ai-p’ing Government.
60142056   +5 more
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A Saite Figure of Isis in the Petrie Museum [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The first publication of a small private statuette in the Petrie Museum (UC 42553), originally from the Wellcome Collection, dedicated to Isis and Horus during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. It bears an unusual set of royal cartouches.
Susanna Thomas
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The power of the past: materializing collective memory at early medieval lordly centres

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 34-69, February 2026.
The repurposing of earlier sites and monuments is an enduringly popular theme in early medieval archaeology, but in England it has attracted little interest among Late Saxon and early post‐Conquest studies. From the tenth century, however, an increasingly prevalent pattern is discernible of secular lords locating their power centres in relation to ...
Duncan W. Wright   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Suitable Habitats and Quality of Siraitia grosvenorii in China

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.
Climate change affects the habitats and quality of Siraitia grosvenorii, a key Chinese medicinal plant. This study used Maxent and ArcGIS to predict its suitable habitats and found that precipitation and temperature (especially Bio_18, Bio_4, and Bio_16) are key distribution factors, with current habitats mainly south of the Yangtze River and future ...
Yang Yang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study of the Memphite Vizierate of Old Kingdom Egypt: The Beginnings I The Age of Ma'at I The Age of Magic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Theoretical thesis.Includes bibliographical references.Chapter 1: 1.1 Introduction, Evidence And Hypothesis -- Chapter 2: 2.1 Literature Review -- 2.1.1 Hans Wolfgang Helck (1954) -- 2.1.2 Klaus Baer (1960) -- 2.1.3 T.G.H.
Lee-Joe, Shyam Lata
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