Recently completed excavations at the site of El Palenque in Mexico's Valley of Oaxaca have recovered the well-preserved remains of a palace complex dated by associated radiocarbon samples and ceramics to the Late Formative period or Late Monte Albán I phase (300-100 BC), the period of archaic state emergence in the region. The El Palenque palace exhibits certain architectural and organizationa...

It is probable that the sanitarians of the future will declare that we, the sanitary pioneers of the nineteenth century, were little more than unclean barbarians, unable to master the first principles of scavenging, when they read that, despite all our affectation of learned dogmatism, and our pretence that our rude art is an exact science, a preventable fever took from our midst the best-belov...

What makes some acts immoral? Although Western theories of morality often define harmful behaviors as centrally immoral, whether this is applicable to other cultures is still under debate. In particular, Confucianism emphasizes civility as fundamental to moral excellence. We describe three studies examining how the word immoral is used by Chinese and Westerners. Layperson-generated examples wer...

This article takes a fresh look at the royal bedchambers of Stadholder-King William III (1650-1702) in his residences Republic. By placing their spatial and functional development Dutch-English perspective, it arrives new interpretation these bedchambers.
 Until 1689, stadholder were predominantly characterized by French arrangement antechamber, bedchamber, cabinet wardrobe. The only room ...

kooh-e khajeh (kajeh mountain), with 120m height and 2-2.5km in diameter, is located at hamoon lake like an island. since the archaic era, due to its specific geopolitical location, religious sacredness, and the natural beauty especially at the times of water-richness at hamoon, this place caused the formation of settlements. based on an intensive archaeological survey conducted in this region...

Tanjore, Tamil Nadu's rice bowl, is also home to the arts. The kings' paintings are excellent examples of their Maratha painting abilities. During rule in Tanjore era. These pieces art that will not deteriorate with passage time. style a flourished Nadu from 16th 18th century. It was influenced by Andhra Nayaks, and Mughal English Manatee style. adorned interiors palaces. were created them as c...

This paper deals with individual typological types and units in the Prague Castle area. It also focuses on urban historical development, as it is significantly influenced by situation period under study. more closely of second half 20th century, especially normalization - 1970s 1980s. was still seat monarch, or today President Czech Republic. The context has had a considerable influence shape (...