UNLABELLED As biomedical data accumulates, the need to store, share and organize it grows. Consequently, the number of Internet-accessible databases has been rapidly growing on an annual basis. Bioinformatics regularly publishes descriptions of biomedically relevant databases, Nucleic Acids Research has published an annual database issue since 1996 and now a new open-access journal, DATABASE ...

Spinal osteophytic changes are known to be affected by differences in age, sex, population, and mechanical stress. We examined Joseon skeletons (n=87) to obtain vertebral osteophytosis data on a pre-modern Korean population. The mean osteophytic value (MOV) of vertebrae increased in the cervical-thoracic-lumbar order. More severe osteophytosis was found in the vertebrae (C5, T9, T10, and L4) fa...

Abstract. Over a six-month period from late January to early August 2021 the Historic Environment Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) Abu Dhabi carried out archaeological monitoring along 11.5km stretch project renew existing border fence between United Arab Emirates Oman within oasis city Al Ain.The scope sequence construction determined excavation recording methodology employed. The trenc...

Through an investigation of two recently discovered paper sheets the Incantation Wish-Fulfillment from Silla kingdom, this reveals that early Korea had more diverse forms dhāraṇī practices than previously assumed. analyses these incantation sheets, contributes toward filling gap in our current understanding material practice pertaining to medieval East Asia. Previously, all known traces dhāraṇī...

Cultural traces under forests are one of the main problems affecting identification archaeological sites in densely forested areas, so it is full challenges to discover ancient tombs buried dense vegetation. The covered can be identified by studying time-series features vegetation covering on multi-time series remote sensing images because deep underground have long-term space structures, which...

The first painted tombs in Etruria date to about 675–650 BC, as attested by a few examples at Veii and Caere, which pre-date those of Tarquinia (mainly sixth–third centuries BC). At first glance, tomb painting has no obvious connection with the Early Iron Age or Villanovan period (tenth/ninth–eighth centuries BC), when burial in shaft or trench graves predominated. Nevertheless, some links can ...

Pet mummies are the kind of mummy that resonates most closely with us now. From the Old Kingdom (c. 2663-2195 BC) onward, Egyptians are pictured in their tombs with their beloved pets, thus ensuring their continued joint existence in the Afterlife. Occasionally the pets would even have their names carved above their image, providing further insurance for their eternal life. This was particularl...

David”, Bib 85 (2004) 245-254. () The subclause “(buried) with his ancestors” is not included in the burial notices for David (1 Kgs 2,10), Solomon (11,43), or Abijam (15,8). () B.O. LONG, 1 Kings with an Introduction to Historical Literature (FOTL 9; Grand Rapids, MI 1984) 22-28; see also K.-J. ILLMAN, Old Testament Formulas about Death (Åbo 1979) 37-48. () So R. WEILL, La cité de David. Compt...

This article considers the relationship between architecture, bodies, and custodies in making of Indian urban monuments. Monuments are created through a combination design designation. In this I explore religious architecture that is dynamic iterative at which monumental designation was attempted quickly abandoned. align three issues: what monument looks like, does, how both function connect to...