: An Archeological Chronology of Venezuela . J. W. Cruxent, Irving Rouse.

Laurence Irving: an appreciation.

Laurence Irving (1895-1979) contributed significantly over five decades to the development of environmentally oriented physiological studies. He is best known for his investigations of the physiology of diving mammals, the respiratory properties of fish blood, and cold adaptation and acclimatization in poikilotherms and homeotherms, including man. Beyond his own research contributions, Irving b...

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W. G. J. Hampson

Lady Manners School Bakewell, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and St. Mary's Hospital. He graduated B.A. (Physiology) in 1960 and M.A., B.M., B.Ch., in 1964. After qualification his first appointment was to the orthopaedic unit at St. Mary's and this post produced a life-long enthusiasm for the speciality. Further posts at St. Mary's followed and he worked at Coventry, Oxford, Liverpool and Edi...

Of : Statistical Analysis of an Archeological Find

1. Introduction. The paper by Feuerverger analyses interesting data on the inscriptions found on the ossuaries of a burial tomb unearthed in Jerusalem in 1980. A statistical analysis is made of the plausibility that the names inscribed on the ossuaries match those of the New Testament (NT) figures. The evidence on which the analysis is based is the distribution of names in the era when the tomb...

Statistical Analysis of an Archeological Find

In 1980, a burial tomb was unearthed in Jerusalem containing ossuaries (limestone coffins) bearing such inscriptions as Yeshua son of Yehosef, Marya, Yoseh—names which match those of New Testament (NT) figures, but were otherwise in common use. This paper discusses certain statistical aspects of authenticating or repudiating links between this find and the NT family. The available data are laid...