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The Early Dynastic Through Old Kingdom Stratification at Tell Er-Rub’a, Mendes
The Early Dynastic Through Old Kingdom Stratification at Tell Er-Rub’a, Mendes Adams, Matthew Doctor of Philosophy, The Pennsylvania State University, December (2007) Abstract This project… [continue reading]
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The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
The Afterlife in Ancient Egypt Skocilic, Jasmina (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Expanding Horizons: Travel and Exchanging Ideas through the Ages, Journal of the XIIIth annual ISHA conference (Nijmegen, 2002)Â Abstract Western man places religion… [continue reading]
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The influence of Hannibal of Carthage on the art of war and how his legacy has been interpreted
The influence of Hannibal of Carthage on the art of war and how his legacy has been interpreted Messer, Rick Jay Master of Arts Thesis, Kansas State University (2009) Abstract This paper… [continue reading]
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The deification of imperial women: second-century contexts
The deification of imperial women: second-century contexts By Karin S. Tate Master’s Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, 2011 Abstract:Â In the early second century AD four extraordinary imperial deifications are recorded… [continue reading]
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Culture Contact, Cultural Integration and Difference: A Case From Northern Mesopotamia
Culture Contact, Cultural Integration and Difference: A Case From Northern Mesopotamia By Sevil Baltali Stanford Journal of Archaeology, Vol.5 (2007) Introduction:Â In this article, I revisit one of… [continue reading]
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Learning from Liu Hui? A Different Way to Do Mathematics
Learning from Liu Hui? A Different Way to Do Mathematics By Christopher Cullen Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Vol.49 (2002) Introduction: Could we have done mathematics differently? At a logical level this question… [continue reading]
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Happy New Year
We wish you a happy new year and a great 2012! A big thanks to all our contributors, without whose research and writing this website would not be possible. Many thanks to our visitors: students, enthusiasts, and teachers from all over the world. And another thanks to all those educators who refer their students to…
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New in Ancient History books this week!
New in Ancient History books this week! The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean Cline, Eric H. Oxford Handbooks (January 1, 2012) Summary:The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BC, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations… [continue reading]
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Foreign soldiers – native girls? Constructing and crossing boundaries in Hellenistic cities with foreign garrison
Foreign soldiers – native girls? Constructing and crossing boundaries in Hellenistic cities with foreign garrison By Angelos Chaniotis Paper given at the 19th International Congress… [continue reading]
