简介:InEgyptologydealingwithbothhistoricalandliterarytextsoftenraisesthequestionoftheirpoliticalintention.Thealmostfixedplotofthe"Knigsnovelle”andthe“annals,"typicalformsofrecordingEgyptianhistory,seemstoreflecttherigidEgyptianviewofhistoryanchoredinideology.Thehistoricalcourseofevents,whatwemaycall“reality,”islesssignificantthanthecoursepostulated
简介:TheCommissionfortheGeologicalMapoftheWorld(CGMW),anIUGSaffiliatedbody,hasjustissuedthefirsteditionoftheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanwhichwaspresentedduringthe32ndIGC(Florence).Duringthe1980's,theCommissionpublishedtheGeologicalAtlasoftheWorld,whichincludedthemapsofthe5oceansoftheglobe.Twodecadeshaveelapsedandtheknowledgeofthesea-floorexperiencedverysignificantprogress;thereforesome5yearsago,theCommissiondecidedtolaunchanewtypeofoceanmapping.TheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanisthefirstofthisnewseriesofmaps.