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Étudier les motifs vestimentaires en Grèce Ancienne. Méthodologie et enjeux
Because of the Greek climate, few textile fibres of animal or vegetable origin have survived. The absence of significant archaeological evidence makes it difficult to study the appearance of ancient clothing.
Quentin Richard
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On two Terracotta Figurines [PDF]
Among the recent additions to the collection of terracotta figurines in the British Museum are two which I am permitted to publish by the kindness of Mr. A. S. Murray.The first (Fig. 1, Plate IV.) was found at Myrina in Asia Minor and represents a youthful winged male figure, leaning on a pillar and burning a butterfly over the flame of a small altar ...
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Terracotta Sculpture on the Riga Stock Exchange Façade: Interpretation of Content and Form
The article discusses sculptural decoration of the façades of the Riga Stock Exchange building (1852–1860, architect Harald Bosse), which consists of terracotta sculptures and medallions with emblematic and allegorical content created in the ...
Ojārs Spāritis
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Book review: Laurent Chrzanovski, Lampes antiques, byzantines et islamiques du Nil à l’Oronte. La Collection Bouvier; Warsaw: PCMA, University of Warsaw Press, 2019 [PDF]
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Eric Lapp
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Terracotta pots were converted into simple, single chamber, air-cathode bio-batteries. This bio-battery design used a graphite-felt anode and a conductive graphite coating without added catalyst on the exterior as a cathode. Bacteria enriched from river sediment served as the anode catalyst.
Ajayi, Folusho F., Weigele, Peter R.
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Réflexions autour de la conservation-restauration de figurines en terre cuite
Between 2015 and 2020, many Gallo-Roman terracotta figurines from three collections (musée Anne de Beaujeu, musée Bargoin, and musée archéologique de l’Oise) were studied and underwent a process of preservation-restoration.
Carine Bayol, Marie Petit
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ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer +11 more
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Water Beings and Capitalist Relations in India's Sundarbans Delta
ABSTRACT This article explores entanglements between water cosmologies and capitalist transformation in the Sundarbans delta of West Bengal, India. It traces how “awakened” tidal creeks have been iteratively enclosed as private fisheries from the colonial period to the present, with particular focus on the expansion of commercial aquaculture over the ...
Calynn Dowler
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Tang Dynasty female terracotta figurines, as important relics of ceramics art, have commonly suffered from natural and man-made damages, among which facial damage is severe.
Qiangqiang Fan +3 more
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This study examines the reuse readiness of photovoltaic modules through the Swiss PV Circle project. Results confirm technical feasibility with cost savings from targeted preselection, whereas economic viability depends on module age, testing, and market conditions.
Roger Nyffenegger +6 more
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