Ann C. Gunter looks at the lasting impact of two early exhibitions showcasing Achaemenid art on both later private collections and academic discourse, e.g. in coining rather elusive label ‘pre-Achaemenid’. Not least, often-dubious business practice Arthur U. Pope, central to exhibitions, other antiquities’ dealers are discussed.

Two cases of multiple foreign bodies, i. e., duplex coins in the esophagus are reported. These foreign bodies were removed by peroral esophagoscopy successfully. Significance of roentgenray diagnosis is emphasized, and subtle and yet specific roentgenograms of duplex coins in the esophagus are illustrated. ∗PMID: 4254202 [PubMed indexed for MEDLINE] Copyright c ©OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOO...

CONTEXT Children frequently ingest coins. When lodged in the esophagus, the coin may cause complications and must either be removed or observed to pass spontaneously. OBJECTIVES (1) To compare relatively immediate endoscopic removal to a period of observation followed by removal when necessary and (2) to evaluate the relationship between select clinical features and spontaneous passage. DES...

sources which were used for minting coins may help us recognize the mines that parthians used for mint houses that were marked on their coins. these signs may solve many politico-economic issues or may even lead to the recognition of their mines. the coins under study were related to ecbatana mint house and were extracted from silver mines through cupellation. the chemical composition of these ...

Project alignment is the process of ensuring that project key stakeholders share a common understanding of project work processes, operational procedure, objectives and plans. The paper focuses on Project Alignment methods and tool for Collaborative Project Management. The research results presented are initially based on large scale distributed engineering projects, but the results can easily ...

the present study is investigating the role and situation of women in parthian period. the role of women in parthian era based on archaeological evidences and historical literatures is unknown. the literature had a brief look to this and even leading to the misunderstanding. such literatures concerning generally to the women and their personal attributes in the court like political marriages. i...

We explore consequences of the view that to know a proposition your rational credence in the proposition must exceed a certain threshold. In other words, to know something you must have evidence that makes rational a high credence in it. We relate such a threshold view to Dorr et al.’s (Philosophical Studies 170(2):277–287, 2014) argument against the principle they call FAIR COINS: ‘‘If you kno...

Illegal trade and theft of coins appears to be a major part of the illegal antiques market. Image based recognition of coins could substantially contribute to fight against it. Central component in the permanent identification and traceability of coins is the underlying classification and identification technology. However, currently available algorithms focus basically on the recognition of mo...