History of Conflict Resolution in Europe – A Project Report by Peter Collin, Wim Decock, Nadine Grotkamp, David von Mayenburg, Anna Seelentag

“…It covers the period from antiquity up to the recent past, and the articles take up central problems of conflict resolution or describe the development in specific European regions and states. …”
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ASPECTS OF THE HARMONY OF CULTIC CHOIRS FROM OEDIPUS BY GEORGE ENESCU by Constanţa CRISTESCU

“…The concept of harmony it is used in both meanings, given in Greek antiquity and in contemporary Enescu's. The case study is conducted on the four moments of the old Athenian cultic invocation of Act IV. …”
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The Structure of Space and Problems of Our Time by Светлана Головня, Константин Лидин

“… Since antiquity the image of space as emptiness has been opposed to the image of material space filled with some essence. …”
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Agglomérations, vici et castra du Nord de la Gaule (iiie-vie s. apr. J.-C.) : esquisse d’un bilan by Michel Kasprzyk, Martial Monteil

“…This introduction sums up the main results of a series of analyses which describe a state of the urban frame evolution of a part of Northern Gaul and Germania during the Late Antiquity. Based on regional approaches and case studies, this issue allows to measure the varied rhythms of the towns – mainly small towns – evolution, and to examine the changes, which occur in the fields of public equipments, shapes of housing or economic activities. …”
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De la retórica a la ficción by Leonardo Funes

“…The incorporation into the chronistic narrative of direct speech has been a historiographical resource from classic Antiquity. The conventional acceptance of textual citation words pronounced by historical characters was included in the "historiographical" pact (the public accepts the poetical or rhetorical license as an expression of the most profound dimension of historical truth).However, when Alphonsine and Post-Alphonsine chroniclers began to incorporate dialogues in direct speech, this convention was a challenge for the claim to truth made by chronicle narratives.This article aims to trace the evolution of the use of direct speech from Alphonsine historiography to the historiography of John II of Castile, in order to evaluate its impact on the historical and fictional narrative forms.…”
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Preface by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…One of the rewarding aspects of research of this kind is that thanks to modern information systems it is theoretically possible to gather virtually all the extant fragments of information on a specific subject — such as medicine — from the written sources of antiquity. Archaeology and modern science then often supplement the written information to ensure an optimal overview. …”
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Les agglomérations de la province de Lyonnaise Troisième (Bretagne et Pays de la Loire) : entre abandon, perduration et nouvelles créations (iiie-vie s. apr. J.-C.) by Martial Monteil

“…The question of the future of the urban network during Late Antiquity is discussed here, identifying the gaps regarding the documentation. …”
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L’universalité de la sylloge épigraphique de Gaetano Marini (1742-1815) : le statut philologique des monogrammes du premier millénaire chrétien by Isabelle Mathian

“…In this article, the case of Christian monograms allows us to add a new aspect to his contribution to the knowledge to the imagery of Late Antiquity. Although they were unpublished, the four volumes of his Inscriptiones christianae latinæ et graecæ aevi milliarii see through the prism of epigraphy the nuances of a typological method whose innovations should be appreciated vis à vis a then emerging field of studies.…”
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L’eau, malin génie du jardin by Catherine Chomarat-Ruiz

“…For those who are interested in garden, water is often considered as a principle of life, while it holds an intrinsic death-dealing value, which can be identified in cosmogonies and literary works from Greek Antiquity until our time. This article aims to analyse this assimilation, and to point out that this ambivalence is present in gardens as source of inspiration and as component of landscape work. …”
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The Surgery of Celsus’ De Medicina by James W. Blatchford, III, MD

“…Celsus’ De Medicina (first century ce) is the first comprehensive treatise on medicine and surgery to survive from antiquity. Bridging the gap between the Hippocratic Corpus and the works of Galen, it documents the important advances in anatomy and surgery of the Alexandrian school during the Hellenistic era. …”
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وثائق لجنتى حفظ الاثار المصریة والآثار العربیة فى الفترة من 1881 م / 1956 : دراسة ارشیفیة دبلوماتیة by د. نهال یوسف حمدى

“…The study covered the topic in three aspects as follows The historical aspect: the topic was presented with a historical introductionto the Egyptian antiquities through the ages, and the role that the twocommittees played, explaining the origins, administrative dependence,competencies and financial resources of each. The archive side: An accurate inventory of the documents under discussionwas dealt with from two archival units, the House of Ministers and Ministers,and Abdeen documents. …”
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Obvious Achievements and Light Bites (review of the 4th volume of "Archaeology of the Volga-Urals") by Nikolai A. Krenke

“…The edition retains the discussion points, concerning the interpretation of sites, establishing the origin of influences, the direction of migrations, and the ethno-cultural affiliation of antiquities. The remarks relate to the use and understanding of archaeological terms and the presentation of radiocarbon dates in the publication.…”
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Un réseau de sources : figures de l’araignée dans Madame Bovary et La Tentation de saint Antoine by Irene Zanot

“…An image that has crossed literature since Antiquity, the spider appears in Flaubert’s pages like a leitmotif that recurs in several scenes where it carries major meanings for the artist’s poetics. …”
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Svědectví „starých obrazů“: kulturní krajina ideální a reálná by Robert Šimůnek

“… Old maps and images – paintings, drawings, graphics, and, in recent centuries, old photographs and postcards – capture the space around us, the proverbial “stage of history”, and have been seen as lucrative antiques for ages. However, the beauty of the old original still has magic in the digital age because the appeal of the old “representations of the landscape” remains. …”
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Belt Mount Sets from the Shekshovo Medieval Burial Ground in the Suzdal Opolie by Irina E. Zaytseva

“…They are connected by their origin with the Saltovo antiquities. Probably, these finds mark the beginning of the use of the burial ground in the first half of the X century, although the greatest activity developed here in the middle of X–XII century.…”
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CRYOSURGERY ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF TUMORS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT by V. V. Sokolov, D. V. Sokolov, L. V. Telegina, A. L. Nikolaev, A. P. Kirukhin, Yu. L. Kudryavtseva

“…The article presents the history of the development of the cryosurgery method from antiquity to the present day, materials of the clinical use of cryosurgery for endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of tumors of respiratory tract at the present stage, features of modern equipment for cryosurgery. …”
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Palaiologan renaissance painting in the Latin-occupied Aegean. Three icons from Hospitaller Leros by Kefala Konstantia

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Les changements hydromorphologiques de l’estuaire de la Loire et l’évolution du port de Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Rémy Arthuis

“…AD caused by human activities, marine influences gradually diminished and these infrastructure became antiquated and were recycled. The quays were transformed into boat ramps, a redevelopment that restricted the activity of the port to mainly river transport. …”
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Le massacre des Innocents ou comment réécrire l’histoire by Édith Parmentier

“…Finally, the Greco-Roman cultural environment which transmitted this fiction in Antiquity turned it into a commonplace, amalgamating themes of various origins in accordance with the typical phenomenon of black legends. …”
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The beginnings of the Order of Saint John in Jerusalem, or: Muristan revisited by Dorothee Heinzelmann, Jürgen Krüger

“…But as a result of later changes and destruction only a few remnants of the medieval building stock have survived and are largely unexplored until today.In an interdisciplinary research project the development of the Muristan from antiquity to modern times is being investigated. Archival records are being re-evaluated, preserved and accessible architectural remains are documented and analysed by methods of building archaeology. …”
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