Even today the academic world often rejects the different manifestations of contemporary popular culture as a source of study in many subjects of the humanities. In the fields of history and archaeology its role is, however, fundamental to the framework of research into cultural reception. In this respect, as defined by Sonna and Illarraga (2016: 9-10):Cines, series, películas, …
Thus, the fictional ‘Doctor Nosidy, scientist, mesmerist, thought- reader, and electrician’, begins his experiments into communicating with the ‘brain- ether’ of the ancient Egyptian dead.2‘The Strange Discovery of Doctor Nosidy’ is the first of several short stories that make up a collection of tales entitled The Story Hunter: or tales of the weird and wild (1896) by the B…
From unearthing archaeological treasures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to biking through Central Park to strolling the streets of the artsy Soho and East and West Village neighborhoods, experience all that New York City has to offer. Plus, check out the best of the boroughs with suggested highlights for Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, the Bronx, and Upper Manhattan. Included with the bo…
This is a book about how knowledge travels, in minds and bodies, writ-ings and performances. It explores the forms knowledge takes, the mean-ings it accrues and how they are shaped by the peoples and places that use it. This is also a book about the relationships between political power, family ties and literate scholarship in the ancient Middle East of the first millennium bc (see Tables 3a…
Pada awal tahun 1984, timbul suatu gagasan untuk menerjemahkan Old Javanese - English Dictionary, karya monumental Prof. Dr. P.J. Zoetmulder S.J. bekerja sama dengan Dr. S.O. Robson, ke dalam bahasa Indonesia dalam bentuk yang lebih ringkas, dengan mengurangi contoh-contoh kalimatnya. Gagasan itu dengan pertimbangan agar persebarannya lebih luas dan penggunaannya lebih mudah. Bahasa Jawa Kuna a…
Pada awal tahun 1984, timbul suatu gagasan untuk menerjemahkan Old Javanese - English Dictionary, karya monumental Prof. Dr. P.J. Zoetmulder S.J. bekerja sama dengan Dr. S.O. Robson, ke dalam bahasa Indonesia dalam bentuk yang lebih ringkas, dengan mengurangi contoh-contoh kalimatnya. Gagasan itu dengan pertimbangan agar persebarannya lebih luas dan penggunaannya lebih mudah. Bahasa Jawa Kuna a…
The man who owned twenty millions still smiled imperturbably. "Oh, yes, I know what you mean, but I'm not crazy. And really I'm interested in genealogy, too, and I've been thinking for some time I'd go digging about the roots of my ancestral tree. I have dug a little, in years gone. My mother was a Blaisdell, you know. Her grandfather was brother to some ancestor of these Hillerton Blaisdells;…
‘Yes, ma’am.’ Nancy stifled a sigh. She was wondering if ever in any way she could please this woman. Nancy had never ‘worked out’ before; but a sick mother suddenly widowed and left with three younger children besides Nancy herself, had forced the girl into doing something toward their support, and she had been so pleased when she found a place in the kitchen of the great house on th…