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Eridu: Note on the Decoration of the Uruk ‘Temples’
, 2020 Safar’s excavations at Eridu in the 1940s have demonstrated that monumental buildings topped the latest discovered terraces in the ‘Temple Sounding’, dated to the Uruk Period. Hitherto unpublished artefacts kept at the British Museum, found during the 1854 and 1919 seasons at Eridu by Taylor and Hall respectively, allow for a more precise description ...
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
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Jurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies), 2019 This study discusses the relationship of religious symbols and state symbols in the Taman Suci Temple, also known as Pura Veteran, in the Tua Village, Tabanan, one of the locations for Balinese fighters in defending Indonesian independence from Dutch ...
I Wayan Wastawa, I Ketut Sudarsana
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of rural aesthetics and cultural practises in promoting active ageing amongst older adults in Baan Pong Nuea Village, Northern Thailand. Addressing a critical gap in the literature, it examines how the residential environment influences elderly well‐being in a rural context.
Alisa Nutley
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Polychrome relief decoration in the Sanctuary of the Hathor Shrine: preliminary remarks [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the MediterraneanThe article reports on a conservation project carried out in the Sanctuary of the Hathor Shrine at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari within the framework of the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Expedition in 2023.
Paulina Staszkiewicz
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Funerary Symbols on the Temple Decorations from the Talamonaccio
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 1991 Since the 15th century AD Talamone, a village on a bay alongthe Tyrrhenian coast midway between Florence and Rome, has been associated with the Etruscan Telamon. On the Talamonaccio, the famous 2nd century BC terracotta decorations depicting the battle of the Seven against Thebes were found in the late 19th century.
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study evaluates the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, integrated with controlled fire experiments, to investigate combustion processes in semi‐closed spaces. The framework enables systematic modeling of smoke dispersal, particulate transport, and hearth performance under variable morphologies and ventilation ...
Yafit Kedar
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The Ritual of the Hours of the Night on the coffins of Heresenes and Nespaqashuty from Deir el-Bahari [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 The qrsw-coffins of Heresenes and the Priest of Montu Nespaqashuty were discovered within the Memorial Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari by Émile Baraize during the winter of 1932–1933.
Kenneth Griffin
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