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A Note on Strabo, Geography 14.6

12/18/2014 by admin · Comments Off on A Note on Strabo, Geography 14.6

Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen

ISBN 978-0-9939301-6-4

Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen received his M.A. degree in history and art history from the University of Aarhus in 1981, his PhD in 1987 and the Dr.Phil. degree from the University of Southern Denmark in 2004. After graduation he served as co-editor of the popular archaeological magazine Sfinx and held a research fellowship before joining Aarhus University Press as founding director in 1985. He was appointed external associate professor at the University of Bergen in 1993 and left publishing in 2000 to become a full-time associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark.

He has participated in several interdisciplinary research projects: the Danish Akamas project, the Danish Black Sea Centre, the History of Marine Animal Populations program and currently the ‘Where East meets West’ project, of which he is director. His publications include The Geography of Power (Oxford 1989), The Roads of Ancient Cyprus (Copenhagen 2004) and Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia (2008).

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Protected: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) as a Metrological Tool (2014)

07/17/2014 by Antoine Hirsch · Comments Off on Protected: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) as a Metrological Tool (2014)

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Protected: La métrologie de l’Égypte ancienne en tant que manifestation politique et illustration des rapports entre le centre et la périphérie.

08/13/2013 by Antoine Hirsch · Comments Off on Protected: La métrologie de l’Égypte ancienne en tant que manifestation politique et illustration des rapports entre le centre et la périphérie.

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Protected: Ancient Egyptian Cubits – Origin and Evolution

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Protected: Electronic Linear Measurements at Mendes (2013)

08/02/2013 by Antoine Hirsch · Comments Off on Protected: Electronic Linear Measurements at Mendes (2013)

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Volumetric Calculations (Twenty-Second Dynasty)

08/02/2013 by Antoine Hirsch · Comments Off on Volumetric Calculations (Twenty-Second Dynasty)

ISBN: 978-0-9811785-0-9

A few metrological remarks on a Twenty-Second Dynasty collection of partially reconstructed containers at Mendes.

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