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Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds edited by Cécile Michel and Karine Chemla by Gonçalves, Carlos

“…Reviewed by: Carlos Gonçalves Recently, we have been fortunate to see the start of a new research project, Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World (the SAW…”
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2023 Books Received / Livres reçus by Mastorakou, Stamatina

“…Please note that the editorial foreword does not include an abstract. Jeremy Armstrong War and Society in Early Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,…”
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In memoriam José Chabás Bergón (1948–2024) by Goldstein, Bernard R.

“…José Chabás Bergón (or simply José Chabás), professor emeritus at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), died on June 9, 2024 in Barcelona of complications…”
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Cosmic Emotions; or, Why Is the Universe Joyful according to Plato’s Timaeus and Empedocles? by Ferella, Chiara

“…Plato and Empedocles depict a universe that manifests beauty, goodness, reason, and bliss. This article aims to investigate why both philosophers felt it…”
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Exploring the Expression of Sexual Desire in Ancient Egypt through a Selection of Primary Sources: An Approach from the Emotional Perspective by Garzón Rodríguez, Judit

“…Sexual desire involves a subjective experience that may differ significantly from one individual to another and is closely linked not only to personal…”
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Emotions in Contexts: Cultural Conceptions in Ancient and Medieval Societies by Cairns, Douglas

“…The papers in this special section derive, directly or indirectly, from a workshop on current methods and approaches in emotion research held at Johannes…”
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Animals and Emotions in Medieval German Literature: The Various Functions of Bestial Imagery in the Staging of Emotions by Hofert, Sandra

“…This article, which continues ideas developed in the context of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: Graduiertenkolleg 1876—215342465 (GRK1876), examines how…”
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Material Affective Engagements: Examples from Ancient Mesopotamia by Steinert, Ulrike, Colombetti, Giovanna

“…This article applies approaches from current emotion research on material affective scaffolds—objects made and used to enhance, and more generally transform,…”
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List of the books received 2022 by Staff

“…As always, correspondence concerning books and their review should be addressed to Tina (smastorakou@mpiwgberlin.mpg.de)…”
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The Set of Alfonsine Tables Underlying Giovanni Bianchini’s Planetary Tables by Chabás, José, Goldstein, Bernard R.

“…The analysis of astronomical tables has proven to be a powerful tool to understand the transmission of astronomical knowledge. Further, the study of the major…”
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Bloodletting in Babylonia Revisited by Geller, M. J.

“…The question of bloodletting in Babylonia (and surgery in general) has hardly been studied, since evidence is sparse, while at the same time bloodletting in…”
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Apuleius on the Heaven: A Question of Authority by Bowen, Alan C.

“…Apuleius’ De mundo pr. 1–3.4 is a loose paraphrase in Latin of the Περὶ κόσμου 391a1–392b14, a treatise once thought to be by Aristotle. By focusing on…”
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Babylonian House Numbers and Squares of Zodiacal Signs: The Origin of the Quadruplicities, Part II by Brack-Bernsen, Lis

“…The texts BM 36628+ and BM 45720 contain number schemes, which in their first four columns list consecutive lines of Calendar Texts. These texts add six more…”
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Babylonian Physiognomic Omens in Cryptic Hebrew Orthography by Geller, M. J.

“…A unique text of physiognomic omens in Hebrew from the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q186) is remarkable in that it mimics the similar Akkadian omens upon which it is…”
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Labeling Thoughts by Geller, M. J.

“…A discussion of Visualizing the Invisible with the Human Body, Physiognomy and Ekphrasis in the Ancient World, edited by J. Cale Johnson and Alessandro Stavru,…”
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Nicholaus de Heybech of Erfurt, Table Maker and Copyist by Chabás, José, Goldstein, Bernard R.

“…Nicholaus de Heybech (fl. 1384–1394) is the author of a clever and compact solution to a major challenge for medieval astronomers: finding the time from mean…”
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From the Editors by Bowen, Alan C., Rochberg, Francesca

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Tosca A. C. Lynch and Eleonora Rocconi, A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music by Wersinger Taylor, Anne Gabrièle

“…Without doubt, this book will be very useful to postdoctoral students and researchers needing an overview of ancient Greek and Roman music. Within a rich…”
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Babylonian House Numbers and Squares of Zodiacal Signs: The Origin of the Quadruplicities, Part I by Brack-Bernsen, Lis

“…BM 47762 is the rest of a circular tablet, which was divided into 12 sectors by lines from the center to the rim. Each sector was labelled by a zodiacal sign…”
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C. J. Crisostomo, E. A. Escobar, T. Tanaka, and N. Veldhuis, “The Scaffolding of Our Thoughts” by Verderame, Lorenzo

“…The volume under review collects 20 essays dedicated by different scholars to Francesca Rochberg, a professor of Assyriology and renowned expert on ancient…”
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