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The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I
Gephyra, 2018 Clay tablets excavated from the Hittite capital Hattusa supposedly record five years of the military exploits of the early Hittite king Hattusili I (c. 1650-1620).
Trevor R. Bryce
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Kuningas Hattušili I testament
Mäetagused, 2021 From the Hittite kingdom in the Anatolian peninsula of the II millennium, the first known Indo-European-ruled political entity, the so-called bilingual testament of Hattušili I (ca. 1650–1620 BC) has long fascinated modern scholars. This article offers a
Siim Mõttus
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Down with this sort of thing: why no public statue should stand forever
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2023 No statue raised in a public place should stand there indefinitely. Any such monument should have a set date when it is due to be replaced. I make three arguments to support this principle of non-permanence for public commemorative art.
Carl Fox
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The Heritage, 2022 The object of this paper is the diagnostic campaign performed on the polychrome wooden statue, revered as St. John, stored in the church dedicated to the “Beata Vergine d’Itria” (Blessed Virgin of Itria), (Noragugume town, Sardinia, Italy).
Angela Lo Monaco +4 more
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Cambridge Classical Journal, 2022 Philostratus’ Heroicus betrays an obsession with statues that demands explanation. Just as cult statues of epic heroes litter the contemporary second-century CE landscape, so do they litter Philostratus’ text.
J. Porter
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Memorials’ politics: Exploring the material rhetoric of the Statue of Peace
Memory Studies, 2021 This paper discusses the material rhetoric of the Statue of Peace built in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Installed in 2011 to commemorate so-called “comfort women”—the former sex slaves forced to work in brothels during Korea’s ...
David Shim
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Interpreting the Muscular Ram Statue in Procession
International Workshop on Applied Reconfigurable Computing, 2021 distinctive Ram statue was used in Hyderabad, Telangana, in the annual shobha yatra (grace procession) between 2012 and 2018 for the occasion of Ram Navami, the festival of Ram’s birthday.
Ana De Souza
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Contemporary Buddhism, 2020 This paper questions the current construction of a 54 metres statue of Maitreya against a 108 metres stupa in the steppe south of Ulaanbaatar, that will stand at the edge of a new ‘eco-city,’ Maidar City. The Grand Maitreya Project (GMP) was initiated in
Isabelle Charleux
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The Upright Man: Favorinus, his Statue, and the Audience that Brought it Low
Ancient Narrative, 2019 This article analyzes the performative strategies employed by Favorinus in his Corinthian Oration. Previous scholarship has focused on two aspects of this speech: on the ways in which Favorinus agonistically alludes to Corinthian history, thereby ...
A. Brod
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