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Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint
The murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 sent shockwaves across medieval Europe. He rose from ordinary beginnings in London to become chancellor to King Henry II and then Archbishop of Canterbury, making him one of the most powerful men in England. Becket’s fortunes changed when...de Beer, Lloyd ; Speakman, Naomi ; Koopmans, Rachel
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Reversibility – Does it Exist?
Following the 1994 conference Restoration - Is it acceptable? , the 1999 British Museum conference focused on the reversibility of the main processes of conservation: cleaning, stabilising, repair and restoration. Twenty-seven papers discuss many different aspects of the argument, in both theory and practice, and with regard to different media...Oddy, Andrew ; Carroll, Sara
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Recent Research in Kushite History and Archaeology, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference for Meroitic Studies
Proceedings of the eighth International Conference for Meroitic studies including essays on Kushite funerary tradition, the archaeological evidence for Kushite settlement, the end of Meroe; fieldwork, and new research.Welsby, Derek
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A Piece of Shenoutiana from the Dept of Egyptian Antiquities (EA 71005)
This text, published with translation and commentary, is a work attributed to Shenoute, the 4th-5th century abbot of the White Monastery in Upper Egypt.Behlmer, Heike ; Alcock, Anthony
Egyptology and papyrology