This article addresses a body of works by the video artist Ruth Patir, in which Israeli womanhood 2020s is interrogated through Iron Age female statuettes, known as Judean Pillar Figurines. By means motion capture technology and 3D animation, Patir features contemporary women uncannily moving speaking bodies millennium-old figurines, whose history function are still under debate. In Petah Tikva...

The Yoruba are an important ethnic group mainly occupying Southwestern Nigeria. Mainly for genetic reasons, this very large tribe happens to present the highest dizygotic twinning rate in the world (4.4 % of all maternities). The high perinatal mortality rate associated with such pregnancies has contributed to the integration of a special twin belief system within the African traditional religi...

This paper describes the Linear A/Minoan digital corpus and the approaches we applied to develop it. We aim to set up a suitable study resource for Linear A and Minoan. Firstly we start by introducing Linear A and Minoan in order to make it clear why we should develop a digital marked up corpus of the existing Linear A transcriptions. Secondly we list and describe some of the existing resources...

The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria, South Africa, is a holding institute for thousands objects that are accessioned its collections, including small collection Egyptian antiquities. As multitude these have been donated to the museum over many decades by private collectors, some information regarding object provenance and provenience unknown. Missing details often includ...

Leterrier’s recent blockbuster, Clash of the Titans (2010), tells the story of the most famous adventures of Perseus, son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë, as he defeats the Gorgon Medusa before rescuing Andromeda, daughter of king Cepheus, from the gigantic sea monster. The basic details of these mythical adventures can be found in ancient sources. Furthermore, the film pays an immediate tribute t...