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 ...
Miya MS +9 more
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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 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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Specific Influence of the Mountain Landscape on the Level of Intelligence, Worldview and National Character of the Mountain Peoples in the South Caucasus [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesToday, against the backdrop of the rapidly growing globalization process, the study of ethnogenesis, lifestyle, mentality and worldview of the peoples of the world, as well as the establishment of their role in the development of human civilization has ...
Alizada Maleyka, Yarova Sevara
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The Etymology of the Names Pipunculus Latreille and Dorilas Meigen (Diptera, Pipunculidae) [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) There are at least two good reasons for understanding the etymology of scientific names. The first is to satisfy the natural curiosity about the history of the terms we use, and to gain an entree into the mind of the man ~.ho fist used a name ...
Cameron, H. D.
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The Seismic Record, 2023 Repeating earthquakes—sequences of colocated, quasi-periodic earthquakes of similar size—are widespread along California’s San Andreas fault (SAF) system.
Theresa Sawi +3 more
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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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Erga-Logoi, 2018 Although different scholars have noticed the adscription of the geographer Strabo to the artistic and ideological movements of atticism and classicism, we offer a more deeper analysis of this issue, with special attention to some points that, according ...
Rafael Sáseta Naranjo
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