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Analysis of the body language of statues of men and women as an indicator of gender relations in Roman society.
The Hunchback in Hellenistic and Roman Art
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The subject of deformity and disability in the ancient Greco-Roman world has experienced a surge in scholarship over the past two decades. Recognizing a vast, b
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Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia
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Using the visual and tactile experience of small-scale figurines, Greeks and Babylonians negotiated a hybrid, cross-cultural society in Hellenistic Mesopotamia.