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Un aperçu complet de l'oeuvre du peintre belge Jan Van Imschoot (1963, Gand, Belgique). Son travail s'articule autour de thèmes historiques de la littérature et de l'histoire de l'art, et jette des ponts avec des prédécesseurs tels que Caravage, Tintoret, Goya et Manet.

Face aux crises qui se multiplient dans notre présent troublé, menaçant d'engloutir nos démocraties, nos valeurs, nos modes de vie et jusqu'à nos existences, que peut encore la littérature ? Depuis la fin des années 2000, paraît un nombre croissant de romans en français qui se préoccupent d'un monde sur le point de sombrer dans le chaos. Ces romans, signés entre autres par Jérôme Leroy, Antoinette Rychner, Michel Houellebecq ou encore Wendy Delorme, nous proposons de les regrouper sous le terme de Near Chaos. Comment comprendre ce déplacement chronologique vers un futur proche d'une écriture romanesque qui reste foncièrement réaliste ? Pour saisir les dimensions poétiques et idéologiques de ces récits, cet ouvrage examine leurs représentations du chaos à venir et leurs procédés narratifs. Les trajectoires de leurs personnages, écartelés entre délitement des institutions, survie individuelle et solutions collectives, offrent un panorama de choix éthiques et politiques saisissants auxquels nous pourrions bientôt être confrontés.

Le sigle NFC (Near Field Communication) désigne une technologie sans contact dérivée du RFID, mise au point dans un premier temps par Sony et Phillips qui ont par la suite été rejoints par Nokia, Samsung, Microsoft et d'autres.Cette technologie permet l'échange de données à courte distance et est mise en oeuvre dans des domaines aussi divers que :- le paiement sans contact à partir d'un téléphone portable ou d'une carte bancaire,- le contrôle d'accès (badges d'entreprise, clefs de voiture, billetterie de spectacles, cartes de transport...)- le couponing (bons de réduction ou cartes de fidélité...).Déjà assez répandue en Asie la technologie NFC démarre aux Etats-Unis et en Europe. Ce marché aurait généré quelque 8 milliards de CA en 2008 et devrait atteindre 30 milliards en 2012.Cet ouvrage offre un état de l'art de cette technologie d'avenir : les principes électroniques sous-jacents, les normes, les applications possibles, les techniques de mise en oeuvre, le marché...

Whereas many books in this field deal with individual aspects or texts of the study of family laws, Leviticus : The Priestly Laws and Prohibitions from the Perspective of Ancient Near East and Africa examines extensively biblical texts, ancient Near Eastern text, and oral traditions from Africa. Thus, three different cultures converge : the world of the Hebrew Bible, the world of the ancient Near East, and the world of Africa. This volume examines in detail the history of the development of ancient laws in general and family laws in particular, especially the laws relating to marriages between close relatives. Furthermore, Johnson M. Kimuhu looks at prohibitions and taboos in Africa and the problems they pose with regard to the interpretation and translation of difficult biblical concepts into African languages. In that sense, Kimuhu provides an example of how to contextualize or integrate African traditions into the study of biblical Hebrew, and he also offers insights into the current debate on the study of kinship from the point of view of social/cultural anthropology and the Hebrew Bible legal system. Teachers, students, and researchers in biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, African traditions, and social/cultural anthropology will find this book helpful in their quest to understand family laws, prohibitions, and taboos.

Ces histoires courtes nous replongent avec délectation dans l'univers de "Death Note" que vous, chers lecteurs, avez hissé au rang de série culte ! Et quel bonheur de croiser à nouveau Ryûk, L, Near et Kira au détour de pages inédites !

Ton agenda t'attend, dans l'univers sombre de Death Note. Grâce à cet agenda, passe ton année scolaire au coeur de ton univers manga préféré. Au fil des jours, découvre des illustrations de tes personnages préférés : Light Yagami, des Dieux de la mort Ryûk, Sidoh et Rem, de L, Misa Amane, Near et Mello et bien d'autres encore !

A man is brutally murdered in a dark alley of the oldest part of Perpignan, a sleepy town of Southern France near the Spanish border. He has the bloody mark of a triangle, carved on his cheek, a symbol that intrigues the police especially young Dominique d’Astié, recently promoted Lieutenant on the force. A mysterious coded note and a brochure about the Holy Thorns of Christ are found in the victim’s pockets. These clues lead the criminal investigation on an esoteric trail, which will involve Freemasons and other secret Brotherhoods.

Simply go through the pages of this piece of work and discover in all sincerity the story of a life, full of philosophy. It all started from the denial of a pregnancy in 1974 and the desire to share the course of my life. I confide in you today a piece of my story. I am sharing with you what I have lived so as to show you that a birth near death is not a fatality, if you walk with a determined step by converting your suffering into strength and courage, in order to be able to live and expand yourself.

In order to cope with health problems in developing or developed countries, means have to be tested before preventive, promotive and curative measures can be implemented on a nationwide basis by health authorities. Problems and constraints of such intervention trials seem to be similar in developing and developed countries although there are differences in the disease patterns. In the near future, especially the Asian countries will be facing similar health problems as the western countries, in addition to their present problems. Scientists from various Asian countries and the Federal Republic of Germany discussed intervention measures in the field of health delivery system, family planning, parasite control, mother and child health care as well as nutrition.

Paléorient 46. 1-2 - 2020 Sommaire / Contents In Memoriam Henri de Contenson (1926-2019) par E. Coqueugniot... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . 5-7 Robert H. Dyson Jr. (1927-2020) by C. P. Thornton and M. M. Voigt... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 9-11 Olivier Nieuwenhuyse (1966-2020) by R. Bernbeck... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13-14 Articles K. Bretzke, E. Yousif, S. Jasim, K. Raith, A. Parton and A. Parker, On the diversity of the Palaeolithic record and patterns of Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental conditions in Southeast Arabia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15-30 G. Haklay and A. Gopher, Geometry, a measurement unit and rectangular architecture at early Neolithic Jerf el-Ahmar, Syria... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 31-42 M. Birkenfeld, U. Avner, D. E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, L. Scott Cummings, F. Natalio, F. H. Neumann, N. Porat, L. Scott, T. Simmons, M. B. Toffolo and L. K. Horwitz, Hunting in the skies : Dating, paleoenvironment and archaeology at the late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Na ? al Roded 110, Eilat Mountains, Israel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43-68 C. A. Makarewicz and H. M. Mahasneh, Animal exploitation at a large late Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement : The zooarchaeological record from es-Sifiya, Jordan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69-82 L. Peyronel and A. Vacca, Socio-economic complexity at the Late Chalcolithic site of Tell Helawa, Kurdistan Region of Iraq... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . 83-107 S. Renette and S. Mohammadi Ghasrian, The central and northern Zagros during the Late Chalcolithic : An updated ceramic chronology based on recent fieldwork results in western Iran... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 109-132 K. Abu Jayyab, A. Glasser, M. Albesso, E. Gibbon, I. Schwartz, A. Taraqji and S. Razzaz Late Chalcolithic occupation at Tell er-Ramadi (Syria) : Results of the 2004-2006 salvage excavations... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 133-160 G. E. Ludvik, J. M. Kenoyer and M. Pieniazek, New evidence for interregional interaction in the 3rd millennium BCE Aegean : Indus-style carnelian beads at Aegina-Kolonna, Greece... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 161-177 O. Barge, W. Abu-Azizeh, J. E. Brochier, R. Crassard, E. Régagnon et C. Noûs, Desert kites et constructions apparentées : découvertes récentes et mise à jour de l'extension géographique... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . 179-200 Recensions Squitieri A. and Eitam D. (eds.) 2019. Stone tools in the Ancient Near East and Egypt. Ground stone tools, rock-cut installations andstone vessels from Prehistory to Late Antiquity. Oxford : Archaeopress (Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology 4). 360 p. By C. Hamon... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 201-203 Rose J. I. , Hilbert Y. H. , Marks A. E. and Usik V. I. 2019. The first peoples of Oman. Palaeolithic archaeology of the Nejd plateau. Oxford : Archaeopress and Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman (The Archaeological Heritage of Oman 5). 196 p. By H. S. Groucutt... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 203-208 Venditti F. 2019. Understanding lithic recycling at the Late Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave, Israel. A functional and chemical investigation of small flakes. 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In Memoriam Geneviève Dollfus (1938-2020) par A. -M. Tillier, B. Vandermeersch et V. de Castéja Ofer Bar-Yosef (1937-2020) par B. Vandermeersch, L. Meignen, A. -M. Tillier et F. Valla Paul Sanlaville (1933-2021) by B. Geyer, R. Dalongeville, S. Muhesen, M. Traboulsi et E. Coqueugniot Dossier thématique/Thematic issuecoordonné par/coordinated by F. Le Mort and A. -M. Tillier Les populations du Proche-Orient et des régions voisines : évolution du régime alimentaire et de l'état de santé de la néolithisation au Bronze ancien The populations of the Near East and nearby regions : evolution of diet and health status from the Neolithization to the Early Bronze Age J. Guilaine, Préface A. -M. Tillier, Aspects of health status in Pre-Sedentism Populations of Southwestern Asia. Evidence from Qafzeh Site, Lower Galilee J. Stutz, F. Bocquentin, B. Chamel and M. Anton, The Effects of Early Childhood Stress on Mortality under Neolithization in the Levant : New Perspectives on Health Disparities in the Transition to Agriculture Hershkovitz, R. Sarig and H. May, Trends in Ancient Populations' Osteobiography during the Holocene : the Levantine Perspective Chamel, Dental health status changes during the Neolithisation in Syria : a diachronic perspective (9, 820-6, 000 cal. BC)J. O. Baker, B. Chamel and O. Dutour, New paleopathological evidence of the presence of tuberculosis in immature skeletal remains from Tell Aswad (8, 730-8, 290 BC cal. , Southern Syria) F. Le Mort and H. Duday, Probable Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) in Pre-Pottery Neolithic Cyprus : Evidence from Khirokitia Y. S. Erdal, Tooth as a Tool : Activity Induced Dental Abrasion in Prehistoric Anatolia E. Herrscher, M. Poulmarc'h, G. Palumbi, S. Paz, E. Rova, G. Gogochuri, C. Longford, M. Jalabadze, L. Bitadze, N. Vanishvili, F. Le Mort, C. Chataigner, R. Badalyan and G. André, Dietary practices, cultural and social identity in the Early Bronze Age Southern Caucasus : The case of the Kura-Araxes culture F. Le Mort et A. -M. Tillier, Conclusion Recensions Nakamura S. , Adachi T. et Abe M. (éd.) 2019. Decades in Deserts. Essays on Near Eastern Archaeology in honour of Sumio Fujii. Tokyo : Rokuichi Syobou. 362 p. Par W. Abu-Azizeh Becker J. A. , von Wickeded A. (éd.) 2018. Cavi Tarlasi : Identität und Kontakt am Beispiel eines spätneolithischen Fundplatzes der ? alaf-Zeit, I-II. Berlin : Ex oriente (Bibiliotheca Neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis). 615 p. Par E. Baudouin Major J. 2018. Wadi Hammeh 27, Jordan Valley. Natufian Art items, a Contextual Analysis. Berlin : Ex oriente (Bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentalis). 372 p. By A. Belfer-Cohen Levy J. 2020. The Genesis of the Textile Industry from Adorned Nudity to Ritual Regalia. The Changing Role of Fibre Crafts and their Evolving Techniques of Manufacture in the Ancient Near East from the Natufian to the Ghassulian. Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. 322 p. Par C. Breniquet Baumer C. et Novák M. (éd.). 2019. Urban Cultures of Central Asia from the Bronze Age to the Karakhanids. Learnings and conclusions from new archaeological investigations and discoveries. Proceedings of the First International Congress on Central Asian Archaeology held at the University of Bern, 4-6 February 2016. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag (Schriften zur vorderasiatischen Archäologie 12). 463 p. Par H. -P. Francfort Schachner A. 2020. Ausgrabungen in Giricano II : Die chalkolithische Siedlung von Giricano am Oberen Tigris. Turnhout : Brepols (Subartu XLIV). XX + 202 p. By B. Helwing Becker J. , Beuger C. et Müller-Neuhof B. (éd.) 2019. Human iconography and symbolic meaning in Near Eastern Prehistory. Proceedings of the workshop held at 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016. Vienne : Austrian Academy of Sciences (Oriental and European Archaeology 11). 246 p. Par A. Le Brun Sauvage M. (éd.) 2020. Atlas historique du Proche-Orient ancien. Beirut and Paris : Institut Français du Proche- Orient and Les Belles Lettres. XVII + 208 p. By D. T. Potts

Irréversible. Dublin. Le docteur Eleanor Costello, scientifi que respectée, est retrouvée morte chez elle. Suicide ? Implacable. A peine remise des coups reçus lors de sa précédente affaire, la commissaire Frankie Sheehan se voit confi er l'enquête. La disparition du mari d'Eleanor puis la découverte d'une deuxième et bientôt d'une troisième victime lui prouvent qu'elle est en présence d'un tueur en série. Et que ce tueur aime jouer avec la mort. Irrespirable. Victimes consentantes, sites BDSM, "near death experiences", chambres de torture, meurtres filmés et ritualisés : jusqu'à sa confrontation finale avec le tueur, Frankie va s'immerger dans ce que l'âme humaine a de plus noir et de plus pervers. Un noir absolu, malgré les taches de bleu de Prusse, ce pigment utilisé par Chagall et que l'on retrouve sur les victimes comme une signature.

Marie was born around the end of World War II in a small village near Chaveniac-Lafayette where General Lafayette lived. It is the mountainous region of Auvergne known as the heart of France. Take Marie's hand and she will guide you through her humble childhood. Through her eyes you will see what it was like to live in the country in France. With Marie's many brothers end sisters you will participate in hay making, harvesting... At this time, they used traditional methods and tools. Her parents will demonstrate the making of bread, butter and cheese... It's here that you meet Mathias, a boy her age, who becomes her best friend. Later, their love story unfolds... Just after the war, it was a time when the French countryside was populated with farmers that still lived in economic self-sufficiency. In the story, the author makes these peasants from depths of France come alive. The feeling, the candor, and the authenticity of the book will remind you of the Little House on the Prairie

The paintings of the Belgian Surrealist René Magritte (1898-1967) have exerted an extraordinary fascination, particularly since the enormous increase in awareness and popularity of his work during the 1960s. Magritte shows us a world of silence and isolation in which familiar objects are altered or juxtaposed in 'impossible' combinations in order to create a sense of disorientation and the absurd. Many of his most memorable paintings date from his three prolific years 1927-30, when he lived near Paris and was in close touch with the writer André Breton and other French Surrealists. In his pre-war painting, stylistic concerns were of secondary importance to Magritte, and for the most part he concentrated on the relation between objects and words or between the image of an object and the object itself. He deliberately cultivated a cold, unemotive, 'style-less' style. This quality renders the violence and macabre sexuality of some of his works all the more disturbing. His own 'impressionist' and critics keenly responsive to the later work of other masters of parody and allusion such as Picabia and de Chirico.

Ce volume propose des approches inédites sur les rapports entre le monde grec et "l'Orient" avant et après les conquêtes d'Alexandre. Ktèma est une revue annuelle de recherche consacrée à l'histoire, l'archéologie et la littérature de la Grèce, de Rome, de l'Egypte et du Proche-Orient antiques. Fondée en 1976 par Edmond Frézouls et Edmond Lévy, elle est publiée par l'Université de Strasbourg. Elle accueille des dossiers thématiques ainsi que des varia qui proposent des articles originaux en français, en anglais, en italien, en allemand et en espagnol. Elle jouit d'une solide réputation internationale et ses articles sont abondamment cités. Ktèma is an annual peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the history, archaeology and literature of the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East. Established in 1976 by Edmond Frézouls and Edmond Lévy, it is published by the University of Strasbourg. Each issue consists of thematic dossiers as well as varia, which offer original articles in French, English, Italian, German and Spanish. It enjoys a solid international reputation, and its articles are widely cited.

Près de 30% des personnes qui ont frôlé la mort par maladie ou par accident font l'expérience d'une NDE – near death experience –. Plus de 70% d'entre elles vivent une rencontre avec une Lumière surnaturelle. Rencontre qu'elles décrivent comme étant l'expérience la plus puissante et la plus significative de leur vie. Presque toutes en reviennent radicalement transformées. A travers ces cent dix témoignages de NDE, cette Lumière va nous entraîner dans un fascinant voyage pour nous révéler son véritable visage. Notre vision de la vie, de l'amour, de la mort et du monde s'en trouvera complètement bouleversée, car la réalité qu'elle nous dévoile surpasse tout ce qu'il est possible de concevoir sur ce plan terrestre. Nous sommes à l'aube d'un formidable changement de paradigme qui opérera dans les décennies à venir une profonde révolution des esprits. Nous voici en présence d'un nouveau "mètre étalon" qui est en voie de changer notre appréhension du réel. Celui d'un Etre de Lumière qui pose les bases d'une nouvelle spiritualité, profondément humaniste, sublimement mystique, puissamment universaliste.

Une respiration maritime au Mont-Saint-Michel et dans sa baie. A la découverte du cimetière américain près de Saint-James, des fleuves côtiers La Sélune (côté Normandie) et du Couesnon (côté Bretagne), des lumières et des couleurs de la baie, des moutons des prés-salés. Le Mont-Saint-Michel sous différents angles, de la pleine lumière jusqu'à la tombée de la nuit. Pénétrer dans un univers hors normes, une oeuvre alchimique, celle d'un magma d'eau, de tangue et de sable ; une géographie sacrée, celle du rocher de l'archange, celle de l'élévation de la terre vers le ciel. Marittime breathing at Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay. Discovering the American cemetery near Saint-James, coastal rivers Sélune (Normandy side) and Couesnon (Brittany side), lights and colors of the bay, the sheeps of salt meadows. Mont-Saint-Michel from different angles, full light until nightfall. Entering an universe out of standards, an alchemical work, made of a magma of water, pitch and sand ; a sacred geography, that of the rock of the archangel, that of the elevation of the earth towards the sky.

Squelette creusant une tombe, spectre aux yeux caves ou créature encapuchonnée dérobant son visage, la mort, année d'une faux ou d'une lance, peut surgir, tout moment. Chacun le sait, tôt ou tard, il faut lui payer son tribut. Mors certa, hora incerta, disaient les Anciens. Depuis longtemps, Claude Lecouteux s'est attaché à étudier la mort et ses représentations dans les mentalités médiévales. Dans cet ouvrage, il nous entraîne cette fois dans une exploration de l'outre-tombe, et suit les défunts dans leurs différents périples. De l'Antiquité à nos jours, s'appuyant sur les mythologies, les contes, les traditions populaires et les romans de chevalerie, il met au jour la permanence d'antiques croyances sous une vision plus chrétienne de l'au-delà. Il souligne en outre — et nul ne l'avait établie jusqu'alors — l'étonnante proximité des images venues d'un lointain passé avec les témoignages de ceux qui, lors de comas ou de catalepsies, ont vécu des expériences de mort imminente (Near Death Experience), montrant ainsi que l'homme n'a jamais cessé d'imaginer son ultime voyage...

This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book presents for the first time the rediscovered frescoes painted by Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661) for the loggia of Cardinal del Monte's Roman palace near via di Ripetta, Rome. Considered lost by generations of scholars, Andrea Sacchi's fresco cycle has survived in a private apartment in Rome. Largely unpublished and rarely mentioned in recent literature, the frescoes underwent a revelatory restoration in 2010-11. For the past three years, the author was granted exclusive access to study them thoroughly - resulting in this monograph. Accompanied by beautiful and full photographic documentation, this study aims to compare the painted images with the detailed description given by the biographer Giovan Pietro Bellori ; to shed light on the iconography and style, above all with respect to the sources used ; and to integrate this key commission within Sacchi's early career. The cycle's iconography is explored with careful verification of early sources that now allows us to resolve some particularly complex problems of interpretation - above all those relating to alchemy. Cardinal del Monte's Palazzo di Ripetta housed a fully equipped pharmacological laboratory. Research on this cycle of frescoes has also made it possible to discover new archival evidence regarding Sacchi's date and place of birth.

Klimonas An Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village in Cyprus Un village néolithique pré-céramique ancien à Chypre Klimonas is the oldest Mediterranean island village. Occupied ca. 8 800 cal BC, it postpones by several centuries the Neolithic presence in Cyprus, at that time located more than 80 km offshore. The village extended over more than 5, 500 mC, facing the sea, 2 km from the famous pre-pottery site of Shillourokambos and near rich flint outcrops. Excavations (2009-2016) revealed that it was composed of circular or oval earthen buildings 3-6 m in diameter, notched into the slope, modestly fitted out and organised around a semi-buried 10 m communal building. The construction techniques, the abundance of either knapped or polished stone material, together with ornaments, symbolic objects, and plants and animal remains, as well as the 52 radiometric dates, point to the end of the Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA). The presence of a communal building, rebuilt numerous times over the course of several decades, also points to the same conclusion. The villagers gathered seeds and fruits and cultivated wild starch and einkorn, recently imported from the continent. They primarily hunted small endemic wild boar, the only large mammal species attested on the island at that time and, secondarily, birds. They did not eat fish or marine shellfish. Domestic dogs, mice and cats brought from the continent also lived in the village. The remains of this cultivator-hunter community testify to the early extension of the Near Eastern Neolithic and to unsuspected seafaring skills, substantially improving our knowledge of the Neolithic transition in the Mediterranean. Klimonas est le plus ancien village insulaire de Méditerranée. Occupé autour de 8 800 av. n. è. , il recule de plusieurs siècles le début de la présence néolithique à Chypre, à cette époque déjà située à plus de 80 km du continent. Le village s'étendait sur 5 500 mC au moins, face à la mer, à 2 km du célèbre site pré-céramique de Shillourokambos et au contact de riches sources de silex. Les fouilles (2009-2016) ont montré qu'il était composé d'édifices de terre crue (bauge) de 3 à 6 m de diamètre, circulaires ou ovalaires, encochés dans la pente, modestement aménagés, organisés autour d'un bâtiment communautaire semi-enterré de 10 m de diamètre. Les techniques de construction, l'abondant mobilier de pierre taillée, le macro-outillage, les parures et objets symboliques, les restes de plantes et les ossements animaux, tout comme les 52 datations radiométriques renvoient à la fin du Néolithique pré-céramique A levantin (PPNA). La présence d'un bâtiment communautaire, plusieurs fois reconstruit en quelques décennies, le confirme. Les villageois pratiquaient la cueillette et cultivaient l'amidonnier et l'engrain sauvages, récemment importés du continent. Ils chassaient un petit sanglier endémique, seule espèce de grand mammifère attestée sur l'île à cette époque, et, secondairement, des oiseaux. Poissons et coquillages marins n'étaient pas consommés. Des chiens domestiques, des souris et des chats de souche continentale vivaient dans le village. Les vestiges de cette communauté d'agriculteurs-chasseurs témoignent de l'extension précoce du premier Néolithique du Proche-Orient et d'une maîtrise insoupçonnée de la navigation. Il enrichit de manière substantielle nos connaissances sur la transition néolithique en Méditerranée.

This annotated edition of ""Martin Luther's Small Catechism"" includes an extra appendix (in addition to the two already included in the original book) which provides an interesting overview of : Martin Luther's peasant roots, his education in pre-law, and how he was diverted from a law career to that of a monk-turned-professor and eventually, Protestant reformer, The role of the printing press in spreading the ""95 Theses"" quickly over Europe, catapulting Martin Luther to near-instant prominence in the religious dialogue of his day, The story of how Martin Luther colluded with a fishmonger to smuggle his future wife and her friends away from a convent, and Martin Luther's impact on the Protestant Reformation as well as modern religious thought. Martin Luther wrote the small catechism as an easy teaching tool for both individuals and families. Though penned close to five centuries ago, Luther's brief, clear summary of the essentials of Christian faith still ring true today. Topics covered include the Ten Commandments, the ""Creed"", the Lord's Prayer, and the sacraments of baptism and the altar. Ideas and instructions are also included for morning and evening devotions and giving thanks at mealtime. This little catechism, still widely used within the Lutheran Church, has gems of truth that many Christians will find to be both instructive and inspirational--regardless of denomination. Though few in words, it provides a wonderful explanation that has helped many to both learn the basics of Christian doctrine and apply them in a practical way to their lives.

Hiroo Mochizuki est le premier Japonais à enseigner le karaté en France. Venu à la demande de Henry Plée, il s'installa à Paris, se maria à une Française et finalement épousa la France, sans pour autant rompre avec sa culture. Cet ouvrage est une biographie non exhaustive, une sorte de livre de souvenirs illustré de photos, d'archives personnelles et de documents d'époque. Il est émaillé d'anecdotes autour de certains des personnages, parents, relations, qui ont joué à un moment ou à un autre, de près ou de loin, un rôle sur son parcours personnel et celui de sa famille. Ecrites à la demande de nombreux proches, enseignants, élèves, ces chroniques intéresseront le lecteur pratiquant d'arts martiaux mais aussi ceux s'intéressant au Japon. / Hiroo Mochizuki was the first Japanese to teach Karate in France. He came to France at Henry Plée's request, and settled in Paris. He got married to a French lady, and eventually wed France too, without breaking with his own culture however. This work is a non-exhaustive biography, a book which collects memories, and is accompanied by photos, personal archives and contemporary documents. It is dotted with anecdotes that are centered around some people, relatives, acquaintances... who, at some time or another, from near or from far, have played a role on his personal path or on his family's. They were written at the request of numerous relatives, teachers, students. Those chronicles will be interesting to martial arts students, but also to those who are interested in Japan.

De l'Antiquité jusqu'à nos jours, ceux qui ont failli disparaître ont toujours rapporté le même récit des portes de la mort : ils sortent de leur corps, se voient d'un point situé très au-dessus de leur corps, assistent à des scènes qui se déroulent loin de l'endroit où gît leur corps. Ils sont ensuite comme aspirés dans un tunnel très sombre au bout duquel luit une lumière extraordinaire. Quand ils débouchent dans cette lumière, ils se sentent tout simplement au paradis. Ils y rencontrent des parents et amis décédés, ainsi que des êtres de lumière, des anges, Jésus ou Dieu. Raymond Moody a su mettre un nom sur ces incroyables expériences qu'il a appelées NDE - Near Death Experience -, soit expérience de mort proche. Dans La Vie après la vie, il présentait une série de récits de NDE sans les expliquer. Depuis, de nombreuses études ont été menées aux Etats-Unis par des psychologues et des médecins. L'auteur fait ici le bilan de ces recherches. Il rappelle ce que l'on sait de la NDE, les conditions dans lesquelles elle se produit, la façon dont elle se déroule et comment en parlent les sujets. Après avoir examiné les différentes tentatives d'explications, il nous livre sa conviction profondes : ce sont bien là des aperçus d'un autre monde. La Lumière de l'au-delà ne prétend pas mettre un point final au débat mais expose le cheminement sincère de l'auteur sur un chemin périlleux, celui de la spiritualité, par le biais de la NDE.

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) is one of the most brilliant and enigmatic artists associated with the French Symbolist movement. This book accompanies an exhibition of some of the most extraordinary works he ever made, unseen in public for over a century. Moreau's watercolours of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were created between 1879 and 1885 for the art collector Antony Roux and their stylistic range encompasses historicism and the picturesque, orientalist fantasies and near-abstract chromatic experiments. They were exhibited to great acclaim in Paris in the 1880s and in London in 1886, where critics compared the artist to Edward Burne-Jones. One critic commented on Moreau's ' keen apprehension of the weird. ' There were originally 64 works in the series, which was subsequently acquired by Miriam Alexandrine de Rothschild (1884-1965), but nearly half were lost during the Nazi era. The surviving works have not been exhibited since 1906 and they have only ever been published in black and white. This book is the first to reproduce them in colour - many shown actual size. Created at the height of the French 19th-century revival of watercolour, the variety of subject matter and technique, their colouristic effects and the sophistication of Moreau's storytelling, will be a revelation to readers. Preparatory drawings for the Fables, including animal studies made from life in the Jardin des Plantes demonstrate the wide-ranging research that informed Moreau's visions. Prints after Moreau's Fables by Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) translate the jewel-like colours into monochrome in some of the most innovative etchings of the age, while the most delicate effects of the watercolours were also transformed into vitreous enamels. In-depth accounts of each watercolour, explaining the story and exploring Moreau's response to it. The introduction will place the series in the long history of illustrations of La Fontaine's canonical work, whose sources include Aesop's fables and traditional European and Asian tales, as well as considering Moreau in the context of his own, turbulent, times.

Le portrait Klesch, par Titien, de Guidobaldo II avec son fils Francesco Maria représente le duc d'Urbino dans ses pleins pouvoirs de commandant suprême des troupes papales avec son héritier à ses côtés. Ce rare double portrait en pied vient seulement d'être attribué à Titien après avoir entrepris des analyses et une restauration minutieuses qui révèlent une belle peinture au style "non finito" avec de superbes touches d'empâtement totalement typiques au maître. Tout ceci est illustré et développé dans ce nouveau livre. Titian provided portraits for the greatest men and women of Europe, Charles V and Philip II of Spain primary among them. For years the Klesch portrait was dismissed as a workshop product - partly because poor condition hid its true quality, but also because it was not believed that Titian could have deigned to create one for Guidobaldo, whose father Guidobaldo della Rovere (1514-1574) and family had a long history of patronizing the artist. Recent research, however, has thrown Guidobaldo's geopolitical significance into relief. He was supreme commander of Venice, the Papal States and then Spain. He sent thousands of soldiers to the major conflicts of his day, particularly the defense of Malta (1565) and the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and his engineers were sought throughout Europe for their ingenuity. In this volume full of new research, Ian Verstegen reveals that Guidobaldo was not peripheral but central to Italian politics and was regarded at several points in history as a key figure who could bring peace or who could influence major conflicts on the Italian peninsula, particularly the War of Siena, and then Pope Paul IV's offensive war against Spain. Anne-Marie Eze gives the first comprehensive examination of the painting's provenance, outlining the portrait's vicissitudes and reception at different moments in its near 500-year history, reexamining received wisdom about its past ownership, and presenting new documentary evidence to expand on and fill gaps in our knowledge of its whereabouts. Finally, Matthew Hayes and Ian Kennedy reflect on the technique, date, recent conservation, and authorship of the painting, proving it to be a masterpiece that only the great Titian could have created.

Dossier thématique/Thematic Issue Coordonné par/coordinated by A. Beshkani Le Paléolithique de la péninsule arabique : état de la recherche / The Palaeolithic of the Arabian Peninsula : State of Research Dossier thématique/Thematic Issue coordonné par/coordinated by A. Beshkani The Palaeolithic of the Arabian Peninsula : State of Research Le Paléolithique de la péninsule arabique : état de la recherche A. Marks, Introduction. A Personal Trip into Arabian Prehistory : Past, Present And Future O. Barzilai, M. Oron, E. Cohen-Sasson, G. Ragolski and Y. Avni, Handaxes and Cleavers on Flakes of Silicified Limestone at Nahal Barak, Southern Negev and Possible Connections to the Arabian Peninsula Acheulian A. Beshkani, T. Beuzen-Waller, S. Kim, M. Jean and M. Sauvage, Tracing Palaeolithic Populations across the Horn of Arabia : Northern Oman K. Bretzke and K. Herkert, Jebel Faya and the Middle to Late Pleistocene Transition : Settlement Continuity and Behavioural Flexibility J. I. Rose, V. I. Usyk, Y. Hilbert, R. Garba, A. Beshkani, D. Chlachula, M. M. Jaboob and A. E. Marks, Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in Southern Oman from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Neolithic S. Bonilauri, A. Beshkani, M. Pagli and E. Boëda, Production and Structural Tendency of Levallois Points in the Late Middle Palaeolithic of the Near East Steppe Zones and Arabia Y. H. Hilbert, M. López Correa, C. Mazzoli, R. Crassard, F. Negrino, M. Cremaschi, I. Clemente-Conte and T. Uthmeier, From Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers : Contributions of Traceology to the Study of Prehistoric Lithic Technology in Arabia J. I. Rose, Conclusion. Progress Report on the State of Palaeolithic Research in Arabia Varia R. Alcàntara, A. Sierra, L. Gourichon, M. Sana, J. Alejandre, L. Teira, J. Vardi and F. Borrell, Hunting at the Fringe of the Desert : Animal Exploitation at Nahal Efe (Northern Negev, Israel) during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B M. Rousou, Vegetation History and the Exploitation and Use of Plant Resources in Aceramic Neolithic Cyprus : An Assessment of Recent Archaeobotanical Research L. Bender Jorgensen, A. Rast-Eicher and W. Wendrich, Earliest Evidence for Textile Technologies A. P. Agelarakis, L. M. DiFrancesco, L. Delasos, J. Samodulski, A. Kanta and P. G. Agelarakis, A Rare Case of Chondroblastoma from Neolithic Crete of the 7th Millennium BCE

In modern industrial society, the tic between science and technology seems clear, even inevitable. But historically, as James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn remind us, the connection was far less apparent. For much of human history, technology depended more on the innovation of skilled artisans than it did on the speculation of scientists. Technology as "applied science," the authors argue, emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies. In Science and Technology in World History, McClellan and Dorn offer an introduction to this changing relationship. McClellan and Dorn review the historical record beginning with the thinking and tool making of prehistoric humans. Neolithic people, for example, developed metallurgy of a sort, using naturally occurring raw copper, and kept systematic records of the moon's phases. Neolithic craftsmen possessed practical knowledge of the behavior of clay, fire, and other elements of their environment, but though they may have had explanations for the phenomena of their crafts, they toiled without any systematic science of materials or the self-conscious application of theory to practice. Without neglecting important figures of Western science such as Newton and Einstein, the authors demonstrate the great achievements of non-Western cultures. They remind us that scientific traditions took root in China, India, and Central and South America, as well as in a series of Near Eastern empires, during late antiquity and the Middle Ages, including the vast region that formed the Islamic conquest. From this comparative perspective, the authors explore the emergence of Europe as a scientific and technological power. Continuing their narrative through the Manhattan Project, NASA, and modern medical research, the authors weave the converging histories of science and technology into an integrated, perceptive, and highly readable narrative. "Professors McClellan and Dorn have written a survey that does not present the historical development of science simply as a Western phenomenon but as the result of wide-ranging human curiosity about nature and attempts to harness its powers in order to serve human needs. This is an impressive amount of material to organize in a single textbook." - Paula Findlen, Stanford University

Queen Vispa and King Dungammei are the beloved rulers of their respective kingdoms. The two territories live in harmony, sharing a temple that crosses their mutual border, but they pray to different gods and have little in common outside of geography. The monarchs seem an unlikely pair, but when each violates the rules of the temple - one by entering the temple as a woman, and the other by praying to the other kingdom's god - both find themselves abandoned by their people, deciding soon after to declare the approval and presence of both gods in their hearts, as well as their love for each other. The King and Queen's subjects also abandon the shared temple, leaving it to the disobedient pair and building separate temples in their own territories. The monarchs' happy life together is, however, short-lived, as Queen Vispa dies upon giving birth to their child Delarai. The King is urged to repent and return to his kingdom. He complies, leaving princess Delarai with Magi, a nurse from a remote village, to raise her. Delarai rows up in near isolation, far from other people, spending most of her time among flowers and animals of the beautiful temple garden. Meanwhile, battles rage between the two kingdoms following the King's return. Delaware, a son begotten to the King and his next wife, gets badly wounded some years later in an attempt to stop the fighting. On his deathbed, the Prince insists on being taken to the forbidden temple to be buried there. The King, though ill himself, agrees to fulfill his son's dying wish. It is there where Delarai, having become quite an expert at herbal remedies, comes to their aid, preparing a special potion while praying to the temple's two gods in her nurse Magi's native language. As Delarai completes the life-saving act of curing the Prince, she tries to call for Magi, but the word that leaves her lips is "magic". Those who witness the event soon spread the word, and Delarai becomes recognized across both kingdoms as the creator of magic. The King, however, succumbs to old age, imparting his last kernel of wisdom unto his daughter : the two temple gods are one and the same. With this knowledge and their newfound inner strength, Delarai and Delaware unify the two kingdoms, and live happily ever after.

L'histoire politique de l'Empire romain d'Orient au temps de Justinien (527-565) est d'ordinaire illustrée par quelques souverains à la postérité contrastée. Cet ouvrage étudie l'envers du décor de la cour de Constantinople entre 450 et 610, à l'époque où elle acquiert son existence propre. Il conduit donc du règne de Marcien, le promoteur du concile de Chalcédoine (451), à celui de Phocas, que l'on peut tenir pour le dernier empereur antique. Il repose sur une prosopographie des élites de cour connues pour leurs relations politiques avec les empereurs, mais aussi pour leurs liens familiaux, leurs origines géographiques et leurs orientation religieuses. Au sujet des individus répondant à ces critères, il discute le détail des carrières en particulier vis-à-vis des notices de la Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. La question est abordée de manière chronologique. selon la succession des règnes impériaux : qui ont chacun valeur de test pour la configuration des élites de cour. L'origine géographique et l'orientation religieuse de ces élites font apparaître des groupes dominants et présentant une cohérence liée à ces deux facteurs. Les Balkans, l'Asie Mineure, le Proche-Orient et l'Egypte, tout comme le chalcédonisme et le monophysisme, occupent ainsi la scène des luttes de pouvoir dont la cour est le théâtre. Les solidarités familiales jouent un rôle longtemps sous-estimé et assez comparable à leur place dans l'histoire postérieure de Byzance. Des révoltes récurrentes invoquèrent souvent la légitimité des empereurs précédents. Mais ces contestation furent plus dangereuses dans les provinces que dans la capitale, et finalement peu menaçantes pour le pouvoir impérial, sauf au début du VIIe siècle. Si le personnel politique se renouvela fréquemment, il exista ainsi une permanence de certaines factions à la cour de Constantinople, qui acquit dans cette période une forme de stabilité. Le visage de la cour protobyzantine contribue ainsi à la connaissance de la culture politique européenne. The political history of the Eastern Roman Empire under Justinien is unusually embodied by few rulers with ambivalent legacies. This work studies the Constantinople court behind the scenes from 450 to 610, at the moment when it grew into a distinct entity. It thus spans the period from the rule of Marcian, the promoter of the Council of Chalcedon (451) to that of Phocas, who may be considered as the last Emperor of Antiquity. The approach relies on a prosopography of court elites known for their political ties with emperors. but also for their family bonds, geographical origins, and religious options. For each of the individuals meeting these criteria, career details are discussed, particularly in contrast with the entries of Prosopography of the later Roman Empire. The perspective is chronological and follows the successive imperial rule, each of them being studied with regard to the specific configuration of its court The geographical origin and religion orientation of these court Bites are main parameters delineating the dominant groups and cementing their cohesiveness The Balkans, Asia Minor, the Near East and Egypt were just as central as Chalcedonism and Monophysitism to the power struggles playing out in the court The importance of kinship loyalty during that period has long been underestimated, although it is similar to what is observed in the later history of the Byzantine Empire. Recurrent rebellion often harked back to the legitimacy of former Emperors. But these protests were more radical in the provinces than in the capital and ultimately proved to be only a tumor threat to the imperial power, except in the early seventh century. While the political personnel experienced a high turnover, certain faction still enjoyed relative longevity at the court of Constantinople, which gained a form of stability over the period. Studying the variation of the Byzantine court thus enriches our knowledge of European political culture.