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Three Early Byzantine Ornaments
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
"Silver and gold jewelry played an important role in the expansion of Roman / Late Antique metalworking techniques and in the decorative repertoire of Byzantine art. An interesting group of Byzantine jewelry -- two silver ...
Gravitomagnetism and the Clock Effect
(arXiv, 1999)
clock effect. This remarkable effect, which involves the difference in the proper periods of a standard clock in prograde and retrograde circular geodesic orbits around a rotating mass, is discussed in detail. The implications of this effect...
Six Plaques of the Danube-Rider Cult
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1993)
The Gazelle Mosaic : An Inhabited Scroll in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1997)
-in-trade of Roman and Early Byzantine mosaic art. On display at the Museum of Art and Archaeology is a circular mosaic fragment representing a gazelle kneeling in the middle of an acanthus scroll, which is a particularly interesting example of this type...
Theriac : A Panacea for all Periods
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"With advances in medical science and with the development ofso many new medicines over the centuries, it is astonishing to find one medicine that was taken for more than two thousand years-from the third century B.C.E. ...
Drinking a Toast to Roman Victory : A Calenian Ware Cup in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
A Votive Figurine from Early Crete
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1991)
"The history of Greece in the Dark Age is considerably easier to explore on Crete than on the mainland. In contrast with the mysterious turmoil of the Peloponnesos, archaeological evidence reveals a relatively strong ...
A catalog of Nearby Poor Clusters of Galaxies
(American Astronomical Society, 1999)
A catalog of 732 optically selected, nearby poor clusters of galaxies covering the entire sky north of [3¡ declination is presented. The poor clusters, called WBL clusters, were identified as concentrations of
three or ...
Cupids at the Circus : Missouri's Chariot Sarcophagus
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1995)
"One of the more peculiar and intriguing phenomena in Roman archaeology is the abrupt and still generally unexplained switch from cremation to inhumation that seems to have occurred throughout the Empire during the second ...
A Portrait of Hadrian as Diomedes
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1993)
"Both ancient and modern historians are quick to recognize in the Roman emperor Hadrian a man of exceptional talents and diverse interests. Hadrian's reign from A.D. 117 to 138 was a time of unrivalled peace and economic ...
A Suggested Music Curriculum for Hong Kong Elementary School Based on the Educational Principles of Jaques-Dalcroze, Zoltan Kodaly and Carl Orff
(1991)
Today, music education is getting more recognition in different
countries. Concerning the history of music education, three important
European music educators, Jaques-Dalcroze, Orff, and Kodaly, have
tremendously ...