The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Jerusalem. [PDF]
Ground WaterAbstract Jerusalem, a city held sacred by three of the world's great religions, is located in a semi‐arid climate, and its occupation through the millennia has only been made possible by the construction of an extensive and ingenious water supply infrastructure. The settlement of Jerusalem was first made possible by water from the Gihon Spring.
Deming D.
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An Untapped and Undocumented Butterfly Diversity in a Rapidly Urbanizing and Fragmenting Forest Habitat in Pokhara, Nepal: First Checklist and Implications for Conservation and Ecotourism. [PDF]
Ecol EvolDocumenting indicator taxa such as butterflies is crucial in biodiversity hotspots such as the Himalayas, particularly in rapidly urbanizing areas such as Pokhara, Nepal. This study recorded 225 butterfly species in the Methlang Forest area of Lakeside, Pokhara, including new and long‐absent national records.
Kc S.
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Seasonal Variation of Forest Butterfly Diversity in Tropical Lowland Nepal. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe butterfly diversity significantly varied between the seasons, with two seasonal peaks of richness: pre‐monsoon and post‐monsoon. Nymphalidae was the richest, most abundant, and most diverse family. The overall species richness and abundance were positively affected by increased temperature but negatively affected by increased precipitation ...
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Gades and the Mediterranean: a Process of Integration [PDF]
, 2019 The impetus for this paper is to present possible contributions of the Network Theory approach to the analysis of the Roman presence in Turdetania by the end of the 1st millennium BC.
dos Santos Silva, Bruno
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The History of the Name \u3ci\u3ePanorpa\u3c/i\u3e Linnaeus (Mecoptera) [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) Attempts to understand the origin of Linnaeus\u27 name for the scorpionfly Panorpa have come to nought for a very good reason. The word does not mean anything at all.
Cameron, H. D.
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"The Milk of Birds": A Proverbial Phrase, Ancient and Modern, and its Link to Nature [PDF]
, 2017 A curious phrase from ancient Greek, ὀρνίθων γάλα, finds parallels in Latin as lac gallinaceum and in Modern Greek, as και του πουλιού το γάλα. While the Greek phrases translate as "(and) the milk of (the) bird(s)", the Latin translates as "henʼs milk".
Payne, Martha J.
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Attitudes Towards Aeneas in Roman Asia Minor [PDF]
, 2017 This paper won a first place writing flag award in the research category. Christopher Layden, writing for Adam Rabinowitz’s UGS 302 class, “Tales of the Trojan War”.Rabinowitz, AdamUndergraduate ...
Layden, Christopher
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RELAZIONI PERICOLOSE: TEODERICO STRABONE, TEODERICO L’AMALO E ZENONE
Peloro, 2020 Nel più ampio contesto dei rapporti tra romani e barbari nel V secolo d.C., il pre-sente contributo indaga le relazioni diplomatiche e militari intercorse tra Zenone l’Isauro e i due leaders goti teoderico l’amalo e teoderico Strabone e mira ad ...
Fabiana Rosaci
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Pallas, 2009 The study of the world view propounded by Strabo in his Geography enables one to analyse the transformation of the concept of Mediterranean. Strabo’s work seems to complete the unification of Posidonius’s two worlds.
Katherine Clarke
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Determinism in the mountains: The ongoing belief in the bellicosity of 'mountain people' [PDF]
, 2011 It has long been argued that mountains have an effect on wars. While some research understands this chiefly in physical terms, other research looks at the effect that mountains have on human nature.
Pickering, S
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