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Dutch dilemma: Housing prices and flood risk exposure
Abstract This article studies the impact of flood risk exposure on housing prices in a major river delta. Analyzing 1.8 million property transactions from 1998 to 2023 in the Netherlands, we find an average price discount of 1.1%. We observe considerable heterogeneity in price effects driven by exposure intensity, institutional settings that vary ...
Piet Eichholtz +2 more
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Seljuk Motifs in the Muslim Lapidary Tradition of the Golden Horde Crime
This study aims to identify and analyze elements of artistic and calligraphic design in epigraphic monuments of the Golden Horde Crimea that reflect the influence of Seljuk lapidary traditions from Asia Minor and Persia.
Useinov M.A.
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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
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Innovative strategy for the conservation of a millennial mausoleum from biodeterioration through artificial light management. [PDF]
Bao Y +7 more
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ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud +4 more
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REFLECTION OF THE DESHT-I-KIPCHAK CULTURE IN THE ARAB EAST
This article examines the Turkic-Arab cultural contacts in the Mamluk period (XIII-XV centuries) on the basis of medieval Arabic and Türkic-Kypchak written monuments.
Жұбатова Б.Н. +1 more
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Some Monuments and old church in Shkodra
The history of the Albanian nation contains several gaps due to natural disasters and other fatal occurrences. Several documents from the written archives of the Albanian medieval times are deficient or missing.
Daberdaku, Rokin
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When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights
As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
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Radiocarbon Dates of Old and Middle Kingdom Monuments in Egypt
From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.Between 1984 and 1995 over 450 organic samples were collected from monuments built during the Old and Middle Kingdoms.
Wölfli, Willy +7 more
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