New polychrome painting from Gonur Depe, Turkmenistan

A new spider species, Heser stoevi sp. nov., from Turkmenistan (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

BACKGROUND The genus Heser (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) belongs to the Zelotes group, and is currently known to comprise 10 species distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The type species is Heser malefactor Tuneva, 2004 from Kazakhstan. NEW INFORMATION A new spider species, Heser stoevi sp. nov. (male and female) found in Koytendag Mountains, southeastern Turkmenistan is described ...

Painting: New Construction and Maintenance

Texture Painting from Video

Texture mapping is an important research topic in computer graphics. Traditional static texture-maps are limiting for capturing a dynamic and up-to-date picture of the environment. This paper presents a new technique called texture painting from video. By employing live video as the texture resource, we are not only able to create an accurate and photo-realistic rendering of the scene, but also...

Biodeterioration of Polychrome Roman Mosaics

The mosaics from rhe Roman remains ollralica. which was lounded in 206 Be near presenr·day Seville. are rhrearened by rhe raval(es ol narure rhar are desrroyinl( rhese masrerpieces from rhe second cenrury AD. Since rhe heginninl( ofrhis century. rhe exposure ofmosr olrhe mosaics a.fier excavarion has resulred in colonizarion by pioneering species ol lichens and mosses. as well as by subsequent ...

Intercultural Relations between Southern Iran and the Oxus Civilization. The Strange Case of Bifacial Seal NMI 1660.

New archaeological evidences of the so-called "Bactrian-Margiana Archaeological Complex" (= BMAC) has invited a change in our knowledge of the cultural relations between Oxus civilization and south-eastern Iran during the III-II millennium B.C. transition period. The new archaeological projects in southern and western Turkmenistan, as well as attested at Gonur Depe, have showed a wider and more...