This study is focused on examination of ancient Egyptian mummy with congenital limb deformity from noble Egyptian mummy back to new kingdom-18th dynasty date from 1550-1295 BCE owned by Egyptian museum in El-Tharir – Egypt. Unilateral deformities were observed with ankle torsion and the neck of the talus was higher than normal. The CT images suggested abnormalities in shape of the tarsal bones ...


 This article studies Qa?sim Beg H?aya?ti? Tabri?zi?’s unpublished account of S?afavid history, which has long been considered lost. H?aya?ti?’s account—dedicated, in 961/1554, to Shah T?ahma?sp’s sister, Princess Mihi?n Begum (d. 969/1562)—spans the period between formative years S?afaviyya Sufi order under S?afi? al-Di?n Ish?a?q Ardabi?li? 735/1334) and early reign Isma??i?l (907–30/150...

The article refers to the decree letter sent by imperator of Qing Dynasty, Qianlong, Khanqoja Sultan, who owned Eastern region Kazakhstan at end 18th century. This is one most important historical sources for a detailed study diplomacy Kazakh Khanate, especially with its eastern neighbor Dynasty. After destruction Dzungars, Khanate and Dynasty established official diplomatic relations, trade be...

Charles Darwin, who was married to his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, was one of the first experimentalists to demonstrate the adverse effects of inbreeding and to question the consequences of consanguineous mating. He documented the phenomenon of inbreeding depression for numerous plant species, and this caused him to worry about the health of his own children, who were often ill. To determine w...

Yuri Pines – the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prepared for the SSEC-AAS conference, Chicago, March 2009 The Rong Cheng shi is one of the largest and relatively well preserved texts from the Shanghai Museum collection of Chu state bamboo manuscripts. This previously unknown text is the only recently unearthed work that presents a systematic account of the earliest stages of China's history, be...

The Yuan Dynasty (AD 1271-1368) was the first dynasty in Chinese history where a minority ethnic group (Mongols) ruled. Few cemeteries containing Mongolian nobles have been found owing to their tradition of keeping burial grounds secret and their lack of historical records. Archaeological excavations at the Shuzhuanglou site in the Hebei province of China led to the discovery of 13 skeletons in...