Two Ancient Near Eastern Temples with Bent Axis in the Eastern Nile Delta

The Biblical Creation in its Ancient Near Eastern Context

West Nile Virus Infection West Nile Fever, West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease, West Nile Disease, Near Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Lordige

West Nile virus (WNV) is an avian virus that can cause fatal disease in some species of mammals, reptiles and birds. Most clinical cases occur in humans and horses. Approximately 80% of infected humans remain asymptomatic; 20% have flulike symptoms. Less than 1% develop meningitis, encephalitis or acute paralysis, but some of these cases are fatal or result in permanent impairment. Neurological...

Human West Nile Virus Infection in Eastern

Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek1, Iva Pem-Novosel2, Ira Gjenero-Margan2, Nenad Pandak3, Ljiljana Perić4, Ljubo Barbić5, Karlo Kožul6, Eddy Listeš7, Pavle Jeličić8, Vladimir Stevanović5, Giovanni Savini9 1Department of Virology, Croatian National Institute of Public Health; School of Medicine University of Zagreb; 2Epidemiology Service, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb; 3Department of...

Dynamics of Wind Setdown at Suez and the Eastern Nile Delta

BACKGROUND Wind setdown is the drop in water level caused by wind stress acting on the surface of a body of water for an extended period of time. As the wind blows, water recedes from the upwind shore and exposes terrain that was formerly underwater. Previous researchers have suggested wind setdown as a possible hydrodynamic explanation for Moses crossing the Red Sea, as described in Exodus 14....

The Use of Computers in Ancient Near Eastern Studies State of the Art and Future Prospects