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The solar altar in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari:architecture and ideology [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2016
In a recent article Teresa Dziedzic presented a theoretical reconstruction of the solar altarin the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, with two obelisks standing on the top of it.
Andrzej Ćwiek
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BRONZE AGE DOUBLE BUTTONS IN ESTONIA [PDF]

open access: yesEesti Arheoloogiaajakiri, 2007
The article deals with Bronze Age double buttons found in Estonia. About ten of these are known, made of bronze, amber and antler. A survey is given of the known finds, their possible use and meaning is discussed.
Heidi Luik, Mirja Ots
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Las minas de oro de los incas, el Sol y las culturas del Collasuyu

open access: yesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2017
The conquest by the Incas of the gold mines in Collasuyu had several aims: open doorways to the Andesuyu and to its wealth. Before the Incas, this huge mining region situated in the valleys was the possession of the Pukina-Colla, descendants of Tiwanaku ...
Thérèse Bouysse-Cassagne
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Funkcja krążków glinianych ludności kultury łużyckiej w świetle nowych znalezisk z Wielkopolski [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Although the collection of “Lusatian” clay discs is quite significant, not much attention has been paid so far to their interpretation. The discs might have been used for various purposes in “Lusatian” society, e.g.
Żychlińska, Justyna
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Kres. Die Sonnwendbräuche der Slowenen
Slovenske kresne šege

open access: yesStudia Mythologica Slavica, 2015
The paper analyses the traditional way of celebrating Midsummers’ Day in Slovenia, which combines the pagan cult of Sun-worship with folk beliefs and customs connected with fire, processions, singing, gift-giving, beliefs in the magical power of plants ...
Helena Ložar-Podlogar
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Cinematic Mirages of Theodor Dreiser [PDF]

open access: yesЛитература двух Америк, 2021
The article examines the history of cinematic versions (film adaptations) of T. Dreiserʼs novel An American Tragedy, the key concept of the analysis being that of a mirage (phantasm). It is the unattainable and unconscious desire for the mirage of wealth
Olga Yu. Antsyferova
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Archaeoastronomical studies of the pillars complex of the Bronze Age on the Karataevo fortress [PDF]

open access: yesArchaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2019
The article presents the results of archaeoastronomical analysis of the pillars complex of the Bronze Age, the pillar pits of which were discovered during archaeological excavations at the Karataevskaya fortress in 2001.
Vodolazhskaya, L.N., Ilyukov, L.S.
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Semiotics of the Bronze Age burials in wheeled vehicles in the Northern Pontic area

open access: yesArchaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2022
The article focuses on mythological and ritual role of the wagons in the burial rite of the Early and Middle Bronze Age in the Northern Pontic area and neighboring territories. The paper considers the factors that underlie the cosmological beliefs of the
Iuliia V. Kozhukhovskaia
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Did the Storm God of Zippalanda have a Mother or a Wife? Remarks about the Cults of Kata??a and the Sun Goddess of the Earth in Zippalanda and Ankuwa

open access: yesAsia Anteriore Antica, 2019
Two important female deities of the Hittite Pantheon are related to the Storm God of Zippalanda: the Sun Goddess of the Earth, surely worshipped in the same city, and the Hattian Kata??a “The Queen”, whose cult flourished in the nearby town Ankuwa ...
Giulia Torri
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The orientation of the Mithraea in Ostia Antica [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +6 more
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