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Zu Einem Scheinbar Enigmatischen Epitheton Eines Meisterschiachters aus dem Späten Alten Reich [PDF]
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
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
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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
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Idealism in Poem, Realism in Politics: Political Thought and Activities of Bahar [PDF]
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
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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
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Social Background of the Establishment of the Land-System of the T'ai-p'ing Dynasty [PDF]
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.
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A Saite Figure of Isis in the Petrie Museum [PDF]
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
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
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Assessment of Suitable Habitats and Quality of Siraitia grosvenorii in China
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
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A study of the Memphite Vizierate of Old Kingdom Egypt: The Beginnings I The Age of Ma'at I The Age of Magic [PDF]
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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