Within the extensive plateau crossed by the upper Miño there are a vast number of tumuli. Their distribution is fairly homogeneous and they reach densities of up to 6 mounds per km 2. The grave goods recovered from some of these monuments bear little relation to those in the coastal areas, especially so by the later par! of the 3rd millenium BC. Recent surveys have found that some of the bigges...

abstractart, architecture, literature of iran and of the world is full of creations which serves to respect  the nature and its elements with the aid of symbols and signs.cup marks, mithraic temples and temples to worship water and fire from the ancient world,recenttashtab and saqakhaneh all of them are representing the respect to the major elements of nature, especially water. on the other han...

Throughout history, Kazakhs, like all people, have associated their land and places with the sacred due to spiritual feelings beliefs. In Kazakhstan, there been established many visiting considered adoption of Islam. As a result concept ‘sacred’, idea that people they care about should be respected even after death has emerged. They ascribed holiness belongings those lived graves, thus visited ...

Abstract Salt weathering is a major concern for cultural heritages such as ruins and tombs, desalination by poulticing an interesting potential method to efficiently remove contaminating salt. Predicting the degree of achievable very important. However, many existing models used consider saline water transport in porous materials have been developed based on theory pure water. To understand flo...

In the decoration of Archangel Cathedral composition Saturday All Saints has a central place in painting western wall. It is continuation theme Credo, presented northern and southern vertical parts facade temple, revealing visual picture life saints Paradise, as culminating part cycle. The honour chosen for it due to idea cathedral, where funeral services deceased princes were constantly perfor...

In 2021, on the territory of second mound group Kytaiv Cemetery outskirts Kyiv authors discovered inhumation burial in a coffin placed wooden funeral chamber. Burials with structures made directly grave pit have been widespread Northern and Eastern Europe Viking Age are well known literature as chamber burials. Some modern researchers distinguish among early medieval burials category so-called ...

Hedgehogs held a special place in ancient Egyptian life like many other desert- and marsh-dwelling animals. Their natural defensive qualities were admired by Egyptians their bodily parts, notably hardened spines, used as ingredients medico-magical prescriptions. In tomb reliefs of the late 3rd Millennium BCE, hedgehogs are represented being carried alive offering bearers or background participa...

The materials of elite burial complexes the Northern Zhou period (557–581) discovered in 1980–1990s vicinity Guyuan City Ningxia-Hui Autonomous Region China are analyzed this article. Due to epitaphs engraved on stone slabs found inside tombs, names buried individuals and exact dates known: tombs belong high-ranking officials Zhou: Yuwen Meng (565), Li Xian (569) Tian Hong (574). under consider...

Kogan and Trahtman [2003. The moisture from the air as water resource in arid region: hopes, doubts and facts. Journal of Arid Environments 53, 231–240] analysed the functioning of a passive dew condenser built by F.I. Zibold in 1912 in Feodosia, and proposed a model to explain how thousands of litres of condensed water might be generated per day based on Zibold’s design. In a previous publicat...

Fertility and abundance are important themes of ancient Mesopotamian texts and images. The goddess Inanna and her consort Dumuzi personify these ideas in texts of the second millennium B.C.E. Excavated by Leonard Woolley in the 1920s, the Royal Cemetery at Ur dates to the mid third millennium B.C.E. Among the tombs, that of Queen Puabi yielded many ornaments of gold, carnelian, and lapis. Some ...