Les faux, les copies, les restaurations intensives, les erreurs d’attribution dans les arts du métal : un champ d’application de l’archéométrie ? by Lucien Martinot

“…Various analytical techniques markedly contribute to the authentification of metal antiquities when visual judgments no more suffice to detect fakes, forgeries or extensive restorations.  …”
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Les agglomérations de Nyon, Lausanne et Yverdon (Suisse) : trois exemples de l’ouest du plateau suisse entre Antiquité tardive et haut Moyen Âge by Clément Hervé

“…However new discoveries enable us to precise the range of this Late-Antiquity city.…”
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Albinism in the Ancient Mediterranean World by John L. Hilton

“…This article assem-bles the meagre evidence for albinism in antiquity and investigates to what extent it was treated as ‘sacred’. …”
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Qui d’autre ? by Jacques Neefs

“…Interweaving “contemporary” works and works on “Antiquity”, Flaubert singularly has developed an aesthetic relationship with the violence that irreducibly drives human history. …”
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Старините в прохода Траянови врата в пътеписите от XVI–XIX век by Ivan Valchev

“…The objective of this publication is to analyse the information provided about the antiquities themselves, as well as the attitudes of educated Western travellers who passed through the gate. …”
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Mémoires d’origine et gestion communautaire de l’intégration en Tunisie (XVIIe-XIXe siècles) by Abdelhamid Hénia

“…It is firstly ascertained the existence of models of integration based on the idea of the pre-eminence of the “extraneousness” in the South and on the antiquity of the autochthony in the North. It is after given some answers to questions concerning the exactness of the geographical division itself, the margins of negotiation differently emerging in the two models, the social implications of these forms of communal management of integration and the meaning to give to the change in status of the “extraneousness”. …”
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Italy and the history of preventive conservation by Simon Lambert

“…After a brief look at the history of preventive conservation from Antiquity to the Second World War, two seldom-discussed Italian initiatives are presented: The Franceschini Commission (1964) and the Pilot plan for the programmed conservation of cultural heritage in Umbria (1976).…”
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Exemples d’habitats aristocratiques sur les sites des rues Eugène-Desteuque et Ponsardin à Reims/Durocortorum by Magalie Cavé, Stéphane Sindonino, Sabine Groetembril

“…They occupy the south-western quarter of the Early Roman city, more particularly the area between the south-eastern corner of the forum and the ancient arch known as the “Arch of Ceres,” which was absorbed by the city during the layout of the city walls in Late Antiquity. Thus, at the end of Antiquity and for the duration of the medieval period, the two sites remained intra muros, located, nonetheless, only a few meters from the ramparts in the case of rue Ponsardin. …”
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Transformation of Space Discourse: from Traditional Society to Postmodern Era by V. A. Shchipkov

“…The author refers the archaic society, the Antiquity and the Middle Ages to the traditional stage, the Renaissance, the Modernity and the Postmodernity to the post-traditional. …”
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Les agglomérations de Germanie Seconde aux ive et ve s. apr. J.-C. by Raymond Brulet

“…The province of Germania Secunda is composted of “regiones”, some of which, to the west, are no more of interest in the Late Antiquity, due to the fact that their territory has been partly reduced by the marine Dunkirk transgression. …”
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Nostalgie et posthistoire dans quelques utopies louis-quatorziennes (1675-1714) by Peter Murvai

“…The analysis the utopian texts published at the time of Louis XIV by Gabriel de Foigny, Denis Veiras and Tyssot de Patot demonstrates that they are dominated by a certain form of nostalgia that brings together references to an imaginary Antiquity and the New World in order to build imaginary republics that transcend History. …”
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À propos d’une lame de poignard inscrite au nom d’un roi Menkheperrê : notes sur un objet singulier conservé au Louvre (AF 13446) by Renaud Pietri

“…There is a remarkable object, bearing the accession number AF 13446, in the reserve collection of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the Musée du Louvre. Inscribed with the name of a certain King Menkheperre, it takes the general shape of a dagger blade. …”
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La restitution architecturale et hydraulique du rampant des Massues sur l’aqueduc de la Brévenne à Lyon et ses conséquences sur l’aval du parcours by Paul François

“…The data remains difficult to interpret, especially in the absence of reliable comparative data: for example, how much water did an inhabitant of Lyon consume per day in Antiquity? Or, what was the population of the city? …”
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Un ensemble funéraire de l’Antiquité tardive à dépôt atypique d’âne à Woippy (Moselle) by Gaël Brkojewitsch, Olivier Putelat

“…The Woippy site is therefore an example of a small-scale rural burial site from Late Antiquity. In terms of the chronological attribution and duration of its occupation, this ensemble is very similar to the regional site of Uckange. …”
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Ancient metallurgical traditions and connections around the caput Adriae by Giumlia-Mair A.

“…The pieces, made of different metals, are dated to various periods, between the Late Bronze Age and Late Antiquity. The results of different kinds of analytical techniques, applied to several hundreds of archaeological metal artefacts from this area, are presented and evaluated in the paper. …”
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New Inscriptions from Nikaia XVII by Hüseyin Sami ÖZTÜRK, Ali Oğuz BOZKURT

“…This article introduces a total of six new inscriptions discovered in the Central, Söğüt, and Yenipazar districts of Bilecik Province. In antiquity, these districts were part of the territorium of Nicaea. …”
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De la Renaissance à la Restauration : quelques étapes du déchiffrement des hiéroglyphes by Dominique Farout

“…Its origin dates back to the rediscovery of Antiquity during the Renaissance. Each one of these figures successively contributed to the project using the knowledge at their disposal at the time. …”
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The battle of Nedao. A new hypothesis by Tomislav Zaja

“… One of the most famous battles of antiquity, the Battle of Nedao (circa 454), pitted the Huns and their loyal vassals against a coalition of rebellious vassals. …”
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Christian prisoners: fifth and sixth century inscriptions from Corinth by C. Breytenbach

“…They shed interesting light on the hopes, beliefs and opinions of Christians from late antiquity. This study offers an overview of the insights to be gained from these graffiti. …”
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Le coton à El Deir by Fleur Letellier-Willemin

“…This new fibre sheds a new light of the daily life of the inhabitants, their funerary practices, their economy, and implies possible changes in agricultural management and trade patterns during Antiquity (5th c. BCE-5th c. CE).…”
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