China's historiographical traditions tell of the successful control of a Great Flood leading to the establishment of the Xia dynasty and the beginning of civilization. However, the historicity of the flood and Xia remain controversial. Here, we reconstruct an earthquake-induced landslide dam outburst flood on the Yellow River about 1920 BCE that ranks as one of the largest freshwater floods of ...

The presence of a familial disease among royal members of 18th dynasty of the new kingdom who ruled in Egypt from the mid-16th to the early 11th centuries BC has been established, largely prompted by the bizarre body shape of Akhenaten (the iconoclastic pharaoh of this dynasty) and his family, as demonstrated in statues and artwork. It had been thought previously that this was an expression of ...

This essay addresses the nature of the medieval transformation of Eurasia from the perspective of China during the Song dynasty (960-1279). Out of the many facets of the wholesale metamorphosis of Chinese society that characterized this era, I focus on the development of an increasingly bureaucratic and autocratic state, the emergence of a semi-autonomous local elite, and the impact on both tre...

Publication of a Late Period naophorous statue Tjanefer, dedicated to goddess called “the Gold”, most likely Nebet-Hetepet. Comparison similar objects suggest it derives from Heliopolis during Dynasty 30. The brief hieroglyphic inscriptions present original variations religious formulae and maxims attested on other monuments.

This study aims to find Chinese-style buildings and architectural factors manifested in those by paying attention centered on used the palaces royal family houses Joseon Korea during 19th century. Although influences of Qing late Dynasty have been researched history studies, anthropology, literature, research architecture is greatly lacking. However, latter part Joseon, changes recognition cult...

Zooarchaeological research on the early Bronze Age in Central Plain of North China has been focused mainly two periods: Erlitou culture (ca. 1900–1500 BC) and late Shang Dynasty 1250–1046 BC). In this paper, our animal bone assemblage from Wangjinglou site, a walled city Erligang 1600–1400 BC), allows us to explore use resources husbandry specializations during time period between Shang. Domest...

in this paper the sociological approach of janet wolff and john thompson is used to identify and interpret the relationship between the evolution of persian carpet and its social context. the social context includes socio-economic, ideologican and political conditions surronding this evolution. to study persian carpet from the pazric rug from its initiation to the present time, based on numorou...

Thomas Wakely provided the only description in English about AntoineBarthelemy Clot, better known as Clot-Bey, in a Medical Portrait in Lancet in 1833 (1). In his introduction he stated: "If then we are to appreciate the character of ClotBey, either by the vastness, the value, or the peculiarity of his labours, we must at once place him in the first rank of the most eminent practioners of medic...

to know every phenomenon the first step is to know its root. hygiene and medicine have noble origin from the beginning of the recorded human history; in fact, they have been the milestone of human society. medical history will help us to know this background and roots and achaemenid period as a brilliant age of iranian heritage is meritorious to be studied. the present study is an attempt to fi...