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The Cubit: A History and Measurement Commentary

Journal of Anthropology, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
Historical dimensions for the cubit are provided by scripture and pyramid documentation. Additional dimensions from the Middle East are found in other early documents. Two major dimensions emerge from a history of the cubit. The first is the anthropological or short cubit, and the second is the architectual or long cubit. The wide geographical area and
Mark H. Stone, Kaushik Bose
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The circulation and consumption of Red Lustrous Wheelmade Ware: petrographic, chemical and residue analysis [PDF]

, 2005
yesRed Lustrous Wheelmade ware is one of the most recognisable classes of pottery from the Late Bronze Age of the east Mediterranean. Yet both its production source and the nature of its contents and use remain a source of some debate.
Kilikoglou, V., Knappett, C., Steele, Valerie J., Stern, Ben   +3 more
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Selected secondary burials as evidence of later activities at the tomb of Khuwy at South Saqqara

Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021
In 2019, during the excavations of the Egyptian mission at the funerary complex of the Fifth Dynasty King Djedkare (reign ca. 2381–2353 BC) at South Saqqara, Mohamed Megahed and his team revealed the painted tomb of the high ranking Old Kingdom dignitary Khuwy (Megahed – Vymazalová 2019).
Hana Vymazalová, Zeinab Hashesh, Ahmed Gabr, Nermeen Aba Yazeed   +3 more
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Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware: analysis of organic residues in Late Bronze Age trade and storage vessels from the eastern Mediterranean [PDF]

, 2017
YesTransport and storage vessels in Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware (RLWm ware) were traded across a large area of the eastern Mediterranean for approximately 300 years (c. 1500–1200 BCE) during the Late Bronze Age (c.1600–1000 BCE).
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The orientation of the Mithraea in Ostia Antica [PDF]

, 2016
We conducted an investigation on the orientations and geometrical content of the Mithraea of Ostia Antica. A geometrical CAD study based on the most reliable plans from the Archives of the Sovrintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il MNR e l’Area ...
Carnevale, Flavio, GAUDENZI, Silvia, MONACO, MARZIA, Polcaro, Francesco Vito, Ranieri, Marcello, SCATIGNO, CLAUDIA, SCLAVI, SILVIA   +6 more
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What happened to Kemosh? [PDF]

, 2016
What happened to Kemosh in the era after Moab’s loss of political independence? The present article first argues that this question is of interest to scholarship on the Hebrew Bible because Kemosh and Yhwh were initially twinlike: both were patron ...
Collin Cornell
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Selected secondary burials as evidence of later activities at the tomb of Khuwy at South Saqqara Hana Vymazalová

, 2021
In 2019, during the excavations of the Egyptian mission at the funerary complex of the Fifth Dynasty King Djedkare (reign ca. 2381–2353 BC) at South Saqqara, Mohamed Megahed and his team revealed the painted tomb of the high ranking Old Kingdom dignitary Khuwy (Megahed – Vymazalová 2019).
Vymazalová, Hana, Hashesh, Zeinab, Gabr, Ahmed, Aba Yazeed, Nermeen   +3 more
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La importancia económica y teológica del lugar de nacimiento de el ibis [PDF]

, 2018
The article gives a new explanation for the masses of sacred ibises and their remains inside the Egyptian ibis burial places (Ibiotapheia) especially in Ptolemaic times.
Kessler, Dieter
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Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]

, 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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Emigdiano Blues: The California Indigenous Pigment Palette and an In Situ Analysis of an Exotic Colour [PDF]

, 2018
The Native inhabitants of South Central California produced rock art containing red, orange, black, white, green and blue colours using a range of mineral and organic materials.
Bedford, Clare, Gandy, Devlin, Robinson, David Wayne   +2 more
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