Grave Robbing
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ABSTRACT: This lecture (Part-2) continues the examination of Old Kingdom elite tombs, looking at (1) other types of middle-upper class tombs that emerge in Old Kingdom Egypt (i.e., rock-cut tombs; rock-cut mastaba tombs); (2) various... more
Two Egyptian stone vessels bearing hieroglyphic inscriptions were discovered in the royal tomb at Tell Mišrife/Qatna (Syria) in the campaign of 2002. The article gives a thorough presentation and examination of the two inscriptions and... more
This paper examines four editions of The Memorandum on The Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Greece dated between 1810 and 1815. These 19th century books are then transcribed and examined by comparison with each other. Then the content of the... more
Among the objects found within Tomb VII discovered in 2009 at Tell Mišrife/Qatna, one Egyptian stone vessel with a hieroglyphic inscription was recovered. The inscription on the stone vessel references an Egyptian princess with the name... more
The paper discusses a practice of opening of graves which were recorded in the Wielbark Culture cemetery in Kowalewko. Proposals of interpretation which have been suggested so far were discussed and a new approach to the issue was put... more
Výstava “Poklady barbarů. Svět živých a mrtvých doby stěhování národů” se koná v Moravském zemském muzeu v Brně od 1.6. do 31.12.2016. Výstava je pokračováním úspěšné výstavy Muzea hlavního města Prahy „Hroby barbarů. Svět živých a... more
The paper discusses results of research on grave opening in the cemetery of the Wielbark Culture in Czarnówko. It is based on excavation works which were carried out in 2017 and were aimed at preparing a precise documentation of trenches... more
The boat-grave cemetery at Vendel, Uppland, is one of the iconic sites of first-millennium Sweden. The high-status grave-goods and weaponry have been widely displayed and studied since their discovery over 130 years ago. Yet it is rarely... more
Ο λεγόμενος «τάφος της Ευρυδίκης» που αποκαλύφθηκε στη Βεργίνα το 1987, χρονολογήθηκε από τον ανασκαφέα του Μ. Ανδρόνικο στο 340 π.Χ. Η χρονολόγηση αυτή έγινε γενικά δεκτή και καθόρισε τη χρονολόγηση της εμφάνισης των Μακεδονικών τάφων ως... more
“Hroby barbarů. Svět živých a mrtvých doby stěhování národů” je první významnou výstavou v České republice, která se komplexně zabývá dobou stěhování národů – málo známým, ale důležitým obdobím, kdy se pozdní antika měnila v raný... more
Zpráva o průběžných výsledcích druhé etapy terénního výzkumu pohřebiště z doby stěhování národů v Praze-Zličíně v roce 2007. Preliminary report on results of the running second stage of the field excavation of a Migration Period... more
Thursday 12th January 2017 Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University One of the most intriguing chapters in early medieval archaeology is an outbreak of grave disturbance which stretched from Hungary to... more
This study provides a close examination of two pamphlet wars conducted between individual physicians in the British medical community at the end of the eighteenth century and places them within the cultural context of the cities in which... more
Significant scholarly attention has been devoted to anachronistic plants, animals, and technology in the Book of Mormon. Predominant explanations among Mormon apologists contend that these are predominantly misnomers applied by colonizing... more
The people using the cemetery at Daruhalom (with 93 graves) on the western bank of the Maty-ér abandoned it at the end of the 7th century and probably opened a new one on the opposite, eastern bank. This new cemetery (Kettőshatár I.) was... more