and her potsherds

См. также в других словарях:

• Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology       Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …   Universalium

• ZEALOTS AND SICARII — Introduction This article deals not only with the group of fighters for the freedom of Israel known from josephus as the Zealots, but includes in its survey other groups with similar aims, particularly the Sicarii. Judea differed from the other… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ARCHAEOLOGY — The term archaeology is derived from the Greek words archaios ( ancient ) and logos ( knowledge, discourse ) and was already used in ancient Greek literature in reference to the study of ancient times. In its modern sense it has come to mean the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Ceramics of indigenous peoples of the Americas — Moche portrait vessel, Musée du quai Branly, ca. 100 700 CE, 16 x 29 x 22 cm …   Wikipedia

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium

• History of Uttar Pradesh — The history of Uttar Pradesh, an Indian State, can be divided into five periods: (1) the prehistory Early Vedic Period(up to c. 600 BC), (2) the Buddhist Hindu period (c. 600 BC to c. AD 1200), (3) the Muslim period (c. 1200 to c. 1857), (4) the… …   Wikipedia

• Charon's obol — Charon and Psyche (1883), a pre Raphaelite interpretation of the myth by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Charon s obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth[1] of a dead person before burial. According to …   Wikipedia

• Sparta — Infobox Former Country native name = Σπάρτα conventional long name = Sparta common name = Sparta continent = Europe region = Mediterranean country = Greece era = Classical Antiquity government type = Oligarchy event start = Dorian invasion year… …   Wikipedia

• Sara Yorke Stevenson — You may be looking for Sarah Stevenson. 1917 portrait by Leopold Seyfert Sara Yorke Stevenson (Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson) (February 19, 1847 – November 14, 1921) was a prominent American archæologist and female rights activist …   Wikipedia

• Yoruba religion — The Yorùbá religion comprises the original religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people. Its homeland is in Southwestern Nigeria and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, a region that has come to be known as Yorubaland. During the… …   Wikipedia