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A unique Late Cypriote Bronze Age jar from Demetrios Pierides’ excavations in Cyprus, formerly in the Joseph Altounian Collection, Mâcon, France, and the circulation of Cypriote antiquities in the 19th century AD
An account of a unique Late Cypriote Bronze Age jar from Demetrios Pierides’ excavations in Cyprus, formerly in the Joseph Altounian Collection, Mâcon, France, and a discussion of what it can reveal about the circulation of Cypriote antiquities in the 19th century.Kiely, Thomas ; Merrillees, Robert
19th century, archaeology, and Cyprus
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Book chapter
New insights into disease prevalence in two Medieval cemeteries from the Fourth Cataract
New insights into disease prevalence in two medieval cemeteries from the Fourth Cataract, Egypt.Davies-Barrett, Anna ; Whiting, Rebecca ; Antoine, Daniel
bioarchaeology and Nubia
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Under Saint Michael’s protection: a tattoo from Christian Nubia
An article about a tattoo of Saint Michael found on human remains from NubiaVandenbeusch, Marie ; Antoine, Daniel
human remains, Nubia, and tattoo
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Book
Ancient Lives. New Discoveries: Eight mummies, Eight stories
In recent years, British Museum curators have collaborated with scientists and medical experts to explore non-invasive imaging techniques and other scientific approaches to further study Egyptian mummies. Piecing together key biographical data and information, it has been possible for the first time to discover more about who these people were...Taylor, John H. ; Antoine, Daniel
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Book
Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives
Catalogue accompanying the exhibition Exploring the ancient lives at the Queensland Museum, Australia, held from 16 March 2018 to 26 August 2018. Featuring more than 200 artefacts from the world famous Egyptian collections of the British Museum, the exhibition and book provided an insight into the life and death of...Antoine, Daniel ; Vandenbeusch, Marie
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Égyptiens et Grecs à Naucratis et Daphnae. Projets en cours du British Museum
Deux sites archéologiques majeurs du delta du Nil fondées dès le debut de l’epoque saite, Naucratis et Daphnae, suscitent depuis longtemps l’intérêt partagé — et parfois un vif débat — des égyptologues et des specialistes du monde classique. L’essentiel du très abondant matériel découvert lors des premières fouilles avait pris...Leclère, François ; Spencer, Jeffrey ; Villing, Alexandra
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Book chapter
Greece and Egypt: reconsidering early contact and exchange
Scholarship has long recognized the vital significance of cross-cultural interaction to the development of the Mediterranean world of the early first millennium BC. Relations between Greece and Egypt, however, are often little considered in this context. Recent archaeological discoveries and the critical restudy of earlier fieldwork enable a fresh perspective...Villing, Alexandra
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Book
Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic Site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk 1989-94
Preliminary results are presented from three seasons' work at the Lower Palaeolithic site at Barnham. The complex stratigraphy is described and a provisional interpretation given, which suggests that the archaeological deposits date to a warm phase after the Anglian (Middle Pleistocene) cold stage. These assemblages and their position in the...Ashton, Nick ; Lewis, Simon G. ; Parfitt, Simon A.
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There's a lot I have to tell everyone!': Medals by Marie Uchytilová-Kučová
‘How could an unknown girl from a tiny country tell something to the world and be heard?’ This was the question that preoccupied Marie Uchytilová (1924-89), twenty-one years old and living in war-torn Czechoslovakia in 1945. The answer came through art, ‘which can speak all the languages of the world’,...Hockenhull, Tom
Czechoslovakia, medals, and socialism