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Levantine Hacksilber and the flow of silver in early Mediterranean commerce
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 6, Page 1547-1564, December 2025.Abstract This study presents a comprehensive approach to provenancing ancient silver artefacts, introducing a novel algorithm to correct for mass‐dependent isotope fractionation. Applied to a Pb isotope database of 281 Hacksilber samples from southern Levantine hoards (1700–600 BCE) and compared with approximately 7000 galena ores from Spain to Iran ...
Francis Albarede +4 more
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A city and its landscape across time: Samarkand in the ancient Sogdiana (Uzbekistan) [PDF]
, 2017 Located in the heartland of Central Asia, Samarkand has always been an economic, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious hub along the ancient Silk Road.
Mantellini, S.
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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 138-196, November 2025.ABSTRACT The site of Dadan, in the al‐ʿUlā valley, is one of the major and longest‐settled ancient oasis settlements in northwest Arabia. As part of the Saudi‐French Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA), a study of its pre‐Islamic ceramic assemblage has been underway since 2020.
Shadi Shabo +2 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna +7 more
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‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 907-917, October 2025.ABSTRACT This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing posts, reposts and comments made on X after the Hamas‐led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 using the hashtag #IraniansStandWithIsrael, the paper ...
Ladan Rahbari
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution
Constellations, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 394-403, September 2025.ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1106-1119, August 2025.ABSTRACT Desertification in North Africa has progressed rapidly over the past 6000 years. The occupation of Egypt by the Achaemenid Persians and Romans occurred even in hyperarid climates. Understanding the process of environmental changes on a regional scale may improve knowledge of how people developed technologies and adapted to the natural ...
Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kamei
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KaranosIn the now famous Külob inscriptions from Taǧikistān, the son of Euthydemos I of Baktria, Prince Demetrios, is celebrated as “glorious in victory” (παῖς καλλἰνικος), a testament to his role in the defense against the encroaching Antiochos III: a ...
Marco Ferrario
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European Elements in the Military Culture and Weapon Use in Iran [PDF]
Историческое оружиеведение, 2020 The article is devoted to the contacts between Iran and different European countries in the field of weapon use and warfare. The author traces the presence of European arms and military forces in the armies of Iran starting from the days of the ...
Dr. Elena I. Malozyomova
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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