Spatio-temporal analysis of ecclesiastical constructions in the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula (10th-13th centuries) by Enrique Capdevila Montes, Antonio Uriarte González

“…The European Petrifying Wealth project addresses the boom in construction that took place in Europe in the first centuries of the 2nd millennium and the social factors related to it. This task involves handling a large amount of information from different sources, for which a spatial relational database has been implemented. …”
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A new Dilmun-related seal from Umm al-Quwain (U.A.E.) by Dominika Majchrzak, Michele Degli Esposti

“…The seal’s morphology and iconography display elements associated with the Dilmun culture, centered in Bahrain during the late 3rd and first half of the 2nd millennium BC. However, the date indicated by its archaeological context and certain deviations from established canons of Dilmun glyptic suggest a more nuanced interpretation, with the possibility of a local reinterpretation. …”
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The evolution of hospitals from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… There is some evidence that a kind of hospital already existed towards the end of the 2nd millennium BC in ancient Mesopotamia. In India the monastic system created by the Buddhist religion led to institutionalised health care facilities as early as the 5th century BC, and with the spread of Buddhism to the east, nursing facilities, the nature and function of which are not known to us, also appeared in Sri Lanka, China and South East Asia. …”
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ln pursuit of Aryan Homeland (2nd Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan) by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“…These were the site of worship, Qabre Zahak, rock carvings at Qala Malek Antar of the 2nd millennium BC, and the Buddhist monastery of the first half of the 1st millennium AD. …”
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