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A well – a wellspring – a jewel
Fresh water in the city is considered as the most important strategic resource for the existence of mankind. The article reveals religious, mythological and everyday symbols of water as a necessary element of national spiritual cultures.
Елена Багина
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The influence of tradition on monetary circulation on the example of the treasure of Chaghatayid dirhams (2014) of the 13th — 14th centuries from the Prisyrdarya Bozok [PDF]
The purpose of the study is to establish the influence of the tradition in relation to the silver coin on the peculiarities of monetary circulation, as well as to introduce into scientific circulation an unusual treasure of dirhams found in the area of ...
Petrov, P.N.
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The article presents the study of one group of silver coins found on the territory of the CLXXIX excavation site at the Bolgar fortified settlement. Almost all of them were minted at the Bulgarian mints during the period 1251–1332.
Valeev Rafael M., Bugarchev Alexey I.
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Monastic treasures between memory and dispersion
This study focuses on the meaning and acquisition of the word thesaurus in monastic early medieval sources. The term essentially refers to objects characterized by strong symbolic, economic, cultural and sumptuary value.
Domenico Cerami
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A New Silver Shape of a Hellenistic Askos [PDF]
The paper discusses a relatively small wine container called an askos, which is part of a ‘treasure’ of silver vessels allegedly found in central Thrace. The askos is compared to several clay parallels excavated thus far exclusively in Thrace. These clay
Athanasios Sideris
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Rings with Heraldic Motives from the Wiener Neustadt Treasure: Imitations of Medieval Signet Rings?
In 2007, a late medieval hoard was found in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria), which is extraordinary in many respects: the circumstances of its discovery were curious, its composition extremely inhomogeneous in terms of date and quality, and last but not ...
Nikolaus Hofer
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Bulgar Coins of Khan Pulad of Izmery Treasure
The article considers coins of the Bulgar minting of the Golden Horde Khan Pulad (1407–1410), deposited in the Izmery treasure. The total number of dirhams with the name of this khan reaches 220 copies.
Bugarchev Alexey I. +4 more
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Lost in Translation: Discussing the Positive Contribution of Hobbyist Metal Detecting
This paper will consider the positive contribution from hobbyist metal detecting from both the perspective of the archaeological and metal detecting community.
Ferguson Natasha
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Separation of Archaeological Items from the Treasure, Find
The author of the article has made generalization of the changes o the legislation on the protection of historical and cultural monuments in terms of the legal regulation of the possibility of owning and disposing of objects of special historical ...
Khalikov Iskander A.
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Next week Alistair Riddell, treasurer of the BMA since 1987, will come to the end of his term of office. He will step down amidst universal agreement that he has done an excellent job and is a fine fellow. These are both considerable achievements: in these financially turbulent times many major professional institutions are financially weak, and ...
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