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The historic Almoravid medina of Marrakesh is undergoing unprecedented socio-spatial mutations. This literature review synthesizes contemporary scholarship—including recent insights from Reitmaier et al. (2024), Stockstill (2024), Wilbaux (2002) [1-3], and the foundational geo-graphical surveys of Escher et al. (2001) and Escher and Petermann (2016) [4,5]—juxtaposed with the critical territorial framework of Moroccan geographer Saïd Boujrouf [6]. Using an anthropological and historical archaeology perspective, this paper examines the dialectical tension between the preservation of Marrakesh’s endogenous material culture and its contemporary aesthetic requalification for global consumption. First, through the lens of the dbagh research project, we analyze the structural vulnerability of the traditional manufacturing ecosystem in the..... ReadMore -
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In listening to a lecture on a dozen undeciphered scripts, I noticed that they all originate from places where the Jews migrated which has been describe I various papers by this author...... ReadMore -
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Until now, it was always believed that the Roman poet Ovid was exiled by the Emperor Augustus to Tomis, which at that time was a thriving port on the Black Sea where the city of Constanta stands today, near the Danube Delta. However, in his writings from exile, Ovid consistently describes a completely different scenario: a desolate place, located “beneath the snowy pole”, surrounded by countryside where neither vines nor fruit trees grew, where there were no ports, where no Latin was spoken, with freezing winters during which the river delta, which he usually called the Hister (mentioned in Greek literature as the Istros, of which the Greek historian Herodotus emphasizes a very distinctive feature) was covered with a thick sheet of ice. All of this is completely incompatible with the area of Constanța, which enjoys a very different c..... ReadMore -
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Background: The scholarly debate on the origins of the Western Slavs has been ongoing since the 12th century, and the dispute between proponents of the allochthonous and autochthonous theories has been ongoing since 1912. What is the current state of this debate? Problem: Given the rather heated scientific dispute, what is the state of knowledge – theories and hypotheses? What new hypotheses can be proposed that would present a plausible and logically coherent picture of the early origins of Western Slavdom?..... ReadMore -
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This article1 presents a brief conceptual description of the new utopias for the twenty-first century. It shows the importance of a new economic and socio-anthropological reordering of the capitalist system and the need to reformulate the concepts of economic development and citizenship, permeated by sustainability...... ReadMore -
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This study reexamines the biblical notice of King Asa’s late-life disease (1 Kgs 15:22–24; 2 Chr 16:12–13) through a combined linguistic, textual, and diagnostic analysis. While many interpreters have approached Asa’s illness primarily through theological or Deuteronomistic frameworks—often proposing symbolic, euphemistic, or punitive explanations—the Hebrew terminology employed in both Kings and Chronicles is anatomically specific and unusually detailed for a royal illness account...... ReadMore -
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The Siraya people have a rich history, having settled in Taiwan approximately 6,000 years ago while speaking Austronesian languages. Today, they exist in various groups across the island. Unfortunately, the past four centuries have seen substantial migrations of non-Austronesian (NAN) speaking groups from East Asia, which, coupled with significant Sinicization, have contributed to the extinction of the Siraya language. Despite this, many elements of their unique culture and customs continue to thrive...... ReadMore



