The Thematic Dictionary of Ancient Arabia is a comprehensive electronic dictionary covering several aspects of history, society, religion, linguistics and topography in Arabia between the early 1st millennium BCE and the 7th century CE.
The present project aims to contribute to the analysis of the medieval notary in the Western Mediterranean societies and to the study of his activity, focusing on the urban area of the Crown of Aragon. A wide chronological frame is necessary to fully analyse the evolution of this institution from its beginnings in the 13th century up to its definitive establishment in the 15th century.
Comparative studies are promoted to carry out an in-depth analysis of the relations that are formed between the notary of the Crown of Aragon and the notary that we find in other regions of the area of influence of Roman law. Specifically, attention is focused on the territories of the Iberian and Italian Peninsula, and the islands of Majorca, Sardinia and Sicily.
The National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM-BAS) is the main scientific research center for Archaeology in Bulgaria. Its main activities are related to comprehensive research on the material and spiritual culture of the tribes and peoples that inhabited the present-day Bulgarian lands from remote prehistory (1 600 000 BC) until the 18th century AD. The institution is a national center and coordinator of all field research in the State and exercises scholarly and methodological control over it.
MedAfriCarbon radiocarbon database and web app are outcomes of the MedAfrica Project —Archaeological deep history and dynamics of Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600-700 BC. The dataset presented here includes a collection of 1584 calibrated archaeological 14C dates from 1587 samples collected from 368 sites located in Mediterranean Africa (plus some additional dates whose published information is incomplete). The majority of the dates are linked to cultural and environmental variables, notably the presence/absence of different domestic/wild species and specific material culture.
The InscriptiFact Digital Image Library is designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts, primarily from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. The target inscriptions are some of the earliest written records in the world from an array of international museums and libraries and field projects where inscriptions still remain in situ. Included are, for example, Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia and Canaan; papyri from Egypt; inscriptions on stone from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., clay sherds, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles); and Egyptian scarabs. These ancient texts represent religious and historical documents that serve as a foundation and historical point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged.
