Temple building on the Egyptian margins: the geopolitical issues behind Seti II and Ramesses IX’s activity at Amheida

Middle Eastern Studie

Vampires in the village Žrnovo on the island of Korčula: following an archival document from the 18th century

Središnja tema rada usmjerena je na raščlambu spisa pohranjenog u Državnom arhivu u Mlecima (fond: Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche) koji se odnosi na događaj iz 1748. godine u korčulanskom selu Žrnovo, kada su mještani – vjerujući da su se pojavili vampiri – oskvrnuli nekoliko mjesnih grobova. U radu se podrobno iznose osnovni podaci iz spisa te rečeni događaj analizira u širem društvenom kontekstu i prate se lokalna vjerovanja.The main interest of this essay is the analysis of the document from the State Archive in Venice (file: Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche) which is connected with the episode from 1748 when the inhabitants of the village Žrnove on the island of Korčula in Croatia opened tombs on the local cemetery in the fear of the vampires treating. This essay try to show some social circumstances connected with this event as well as a local vernacular tradition concerning superstitions

Presentation and Appraisal

With the publication of this volume, archaeological parasitology has established the legitimacy of its role in the reconstruction of the past. Though formerly often relegated to the appendix of a site description report, the manuscripts herein represent a dramatic presentation of the potential for the expansion of the database generated by integrating paleoparasitological findings with other archaeological data. And how appropriate that this book should be the product of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro whose professional staff has contributed so much to bring this specialty to its present distinguished status

Observations on Ice Regions of the Arctic Ocean

Reports 7 Mar - 20 Apr observations made by a physician and a high school geography teacher, members of a six-man nonscientific field party of the Plaisted Polar Expedition 1968, which traversed the pack ice from Ward Hunt Island to the geographic North Pole to be evacuated by air. Logistics, using four Bombardier Skidoo snowmobiles to tow 8-ft sleds, weather, and positioning are briefly described. The west wind was so constant that a northerly heading was maintained on overcast days by crossing tightly packed snow drifts or sastrugi at right angles. Surface features of three zones are described, a so-called shatter zone extending out about 25 mi where pack ice meets shelf ice; another with a highly variable surface, broad, old floes being the basic feature, separated by areas of extensive fragmentation; the third zone has an enormous lead at its southern limit and contains large-sized and old floes. These log-book notes give many details on pressure ridges, leads, floe sizes, orientation of upended ice fragments, etc