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The Maldives Heritage Survey aims to systematically inventory and document endangered tangible cultural heritage in the Maldives – including mosques, cemeteries, Buddhist temple ruins, and other historical structures and physical objects – through digital photography, laser scanning, 3D modelling, and GIS to create an open-access resource website and heritage database. The materials documented through this work are critically endangered, facing both natural and human threats that jeopardize the survival and accessibility of historical information for this vital node in pre-modern global economic and religious networks at the cross-roads of an interconnected Indian Ocean world. The project, based at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, is led by Dr Michael Feener and funded by Arcadia. Work in the country is done in partnership with the Maldives Department of Heritage (now National Center for Cultural Heritage) and with the support of Washington University’s SaieLab and the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological University. Details on the data set and file structure are provided in a README file for this deposit. NB: This is a large dataset, and may require considerable time and bandwidth to download. For help in facilitating this data transfer please contact the MAHS Digital Heritage Documentation Lab at: mahsadmin@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp

The Maritime Asia Heritage Survey works to systematically inventory and document endangered tangible cultural heritage in the Maldives and Indonesia – including historical structures, archaeological sites, manuscripts and physical objects. The documentation produced in the course of our work includes site, feature, and object records with geospatial data, digital photography, LiDAR point clouds, orthophotomaps, 3D models, CAD site plans and architectural elevations, IIIF digitized manuscripts, and oral history video interviews The materials documented through this work are critically endangered, facing both natural and human threats. Our work thus creates a digital archive of multimedia source material for the history of the Indian Ocean world. All data is also made open-access available on our project website: https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp The Maritime Asia Heritage Survey is based at Kyoto University’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies. It is led by Prof. R. Michael Feener (PI and Director), together with Dr Patrick Daly (Co-PI) and Prof. Noboru Ishikawa (Co-PI). The project is financially supported by the Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin (project number 4309). The MAHS Digital Heritage Documentation Lab is hosted by the Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Work in the Maldives is done in partnership with the Maldives National Center for Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage, and in Indonesia with the Directorate General of Culture, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. NB: This is a large dataset, and may require considerable time and bandwidth to download. For help in facilitating this data transfer please contact the MAHS Digital Heritage Documentation Lab at: mahsadmin@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp

This is the output of the Digital Editions course at Oxford University, a practical training course in creating a digital edition of an out of copyright text. I digitised a Victorian description of the Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. The museum presents a collection of items from a range of eras. A special aspect of this project is that the museum has remained much the same since Soane's death; in 1833, the founder John Soane secured the preservation of the collection and its presentation, through an Act of Parliament. Soane was an architect and teacher as well as a collector, and designed his museum for teaching, and included residential space and his architectural practice. The text of this edition was encoded using an XML editing software.

Supplemental tables to Trentacoste, A. and Lodwick, L. (2023) Towards an agroecology of the Roman expansion: Republican agriculture and animal husbandry in context. In S. Bernard, L. Mignone and D. Padilla Peralta (eds), Making the Middle Republic: New Approaches to Rome and Italy, 400-200 BCE. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. The above chapter argues for the importance of farming regimes as a force that shaped Roman social and economic history, and it provides a first step towards an agroecology of the Roman expansion. It presents a new synthesis of archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data from first-millennium BC Italy integrated with wider evidence for agricultural processing and rural production. Results indicate that production was motivated more by regional trajectories than by Roman political annexation, and that rural settlement changes did not have a major immediate impact on the bioarchaeological data considered. The paper discusses the socio-economic implications of these conclusions. Lastly, the chapter highlights key points of change alongside pathways for future research. The data analysed in the paper are contained in the attached supplemental tables, which summarise archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data collected from published sources. Bibliographic details are included in the supplements. SuppTable01_Archbot: Supplemental Table 1, Archaeobotanical remains - presence/absence of archaeobotanical remains by site. Tenth century BC to first century AD. SuppTable02_Zooarch: Supplemental Table 2, Zooarchaeological remains - relative percentages of cattle, sheep/goat, and pigs by site. Quantified using NISP (Number of identified specimens). Middle Bronze Age to first century AD. This data is published open access to facilitate re-use. Please cite the chapter and the dataset if you use this data.

Purpose: In this article, we will discuss the narrations and prophecies that exist in Islam, both in Shia, Sunni and other religions regarding Imam Mahdi. This article also attempts to deal with Holy Fatima and her characteristics. Also, we will show that Imam Mahdi is mentioned not only in other religions but also in other books. Also, this research was conducted to answer and clarify three questions that stated in the Introduction section. Methods: We performed our methods in 4 stages: Identifying studies, Selection of Studies, Collating Studies, Reporting results. Results: According to Abrahamic religions, a person will reappear and establish fairness and justice with the help of God, who is called Imam Mahdi and based on the opinion of Christians, he is Christ. If the Shiites, may Allah help them in His obedience, had fulfilled their covenant with united hearts, then there would have been no delay in meeting the Promised Saviour. Conclusion: The concept of Imam Mahdi is universal and cannot just be rejected. The appearance of Imam Mahdi will coincide with the coming back of Jesus Christ. Imam Mahdi, with the assistance of the Messiah, will ensure the completion and practical actualization of the mission of the Prophet Muhammad. The Hidden Imam wrote to Abu-Omar Ameri: The Prophet’s daughter (Holy Fatima) is a nice model for me. We hope this article will take an important step in acquainting people with Imam Mahdi and Jesus Christ and paving the ground for their reappearance. We performed our methods in 4 stages: Identifying studies, Selection of Studies, Collating Studies, Reporting results. 1. Identifying studies: We searched for articles on Google, PubMed, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Google Scholar, SID (Scientific Information Database), Scopus, Atla Religion Database, Web of Science with the search terms "Jesus Christ", "Imam Mahdi", "Occultation", "Dajjal", "Antichrist". A search was also conducted using some universities relevant journal regarding our purposes to identify studies. 2. Selection of Studies: We reviewed and selected the relevant manuscript through reading and evaluating the title and abstracts of each study. With rigorous analysis, we omitted some irrelevant researches. Therefore, with this selection of manuscripts, we conducted a research paper. 3. Collating Studies: We also performed classifications to organize each datum, from manuscripts, to its relevant place to assess and evaluate. 4. Reporting results: Finally, with collecting and analyzing and performing our research purposes, we reported our findings. The figures were designed to improve the impact and validity of this research. This research was conducted to answer and clarify; 1. Who is Imam Mahdi, prophesied in other Religions? 2. Who is Holy Fatima? 3. How Imam Mahdi prophesied in other Religions books?

Purpose: This article covers the events and incidents predicted before and after the appearance of Imam Mahdi and Jesus Christ. This article seeks to address the facts and inform you about the system of government of Imam Mahdi and Jesus Christ. Also, miracles and the titles of Imam Mahdi are other topics that were mentioned in this article. Also, this research was conducted to answer and clarify three questions that stated in the Introduction section. Methods: We performed our methods in 4 stages: Identifying studies, Selection of Studies, Collating Studies, Reporting results. Results: Imam Mahdi's world government follows the pattern of the Prophet's method of rule in early Islam. Jesus Christ has a special status in the Quranic literature and in the hadith, and plays a special role in establishing the divine government with Imam Mahdi. Imam Mahdi's system of government is unlike any government the world has ever known. Conclusion: Among the issues that exist in the apocalypse, we are faced with an issue called Imam Mahdi. In fact, Imam Mahdi is the savior of Muslims and all people with Jesus Christ. Imam Mahdi will form a just government in the world like his ancestors. We hope this article will take an important step in acquainting people with Imam Mahdi and Jesus Christ and paving the ground for their reappearance. We performed our methods in 4 stages: Identifying studies, Selection of Studies, Collating Studies, Reporting results. 1. Identifying studies: We searched for articles on Google, PubMed, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Google Scholar, SID (Scientific Information Database), Scopus, Atla Religion Database, Web of Science with the search terms "Jesus Christ", "Imam Mahdi", "Occultation", "Dajjal", "Antichrist". A search was also conducted using some universities relevant journal regarding our purposes to identify studies. 2. Selection of Studies: We reviewed and selected the relevant manuscript through reading and evaluating the title and abstracts of each study. With rigorous analysis, we omitted some irrelevant researches. Therefore, with this selection of manuscripts, we conducted a research paper. 3. Collating Studies: We also performed classifications to organize each datum, from manuscripts, to its relevant place to assess and evaluate. 4. Reporting results: Finally, with collecting and analyzing and performing our research purposes, we reported our findings. The figures were designed to improve the impact and validity of this research. This research was conducted to answer and clarify; 1. How Imam Mahdi with Jesus Christ will establish a divine government? 2. How Islam introduced Jesus Christ? 3. What are the characteristics of Imam Mahdi government?

Purpose: In this article, we discussed whether Imam Mahdi is an Antichrist or a Promised Saviour Besides Jesus Christ and other topics. This article attempts to deal with the concepts "Occultation", "Imamat", "Mahdaviat", "Mahdism" and Who is Antichrist that prophesied both in Islam and Christianity. Also, this research was conducted to answer and clarify three questions that stated in the Introduction section. Methods: We performed our methods in 4 stages: Identifying studies, Selection of Studies, Collating Studies, Reporting results. Results: One of the statements of those who say that Imam Mahdi is the Antichrist is that he is not included in other religious books at all and his name is not mentioned in the Quran and the Muslims forcibly accepted him as their Messiah, but in response to these people, it is not the Muslims who are forcibly introducing the Imam Mahdi as a savior, but vice versa. The Quran contains many verses that mention Imam Mahdi. Not only the Quran, but also other religious books mention him, even with the titles and names mentioned in the Qur'an. Conclusion: The coming of Imam Mahdi and Jesus Christ is one of the sure promises of God, and these two saviors will appear with God's help and the will of the people. They fill the earth with justice and establish the government of God. We hope this article will take an important step in acquainting people with Imam Mahdi and Jesus Christ and paving the ground for their reappearance. This research was conducted to answer and clarify; 1. Who is Antichrist (Dajjal)? Imam Mahdi is an Antichrist or a Promised Saviour besides Jesus Christ? 2. Whar are the concepts "Occultation", "Imamat", "Mahdaviat", "Mahdism" mean, and how do they relate to Imam Mahdi? 3. Who is Ahmad Al-Hassan Al-Basri? We performed our methods in 4 stages: Identifying studies, Selection of Studies, Collating Studies, Reporting results. 1. Identifying studies: We searched for articles on Google, PubMed, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Google Scholar, SID (Scientific Information Database), Scopus, Atla Religion Database, Web of Science with the search terms "Jesus Christ", "Imam Mahdi", "Occultation", "Dajjal", "Antichrist". A search was also conducted using some universities relevant journal regarding our purposes to identify studies. 2. Selection of Studies: We reviewed and selected the relevant manuscript through reading and evaluating the title and abstracts of each study. With rigorous analysis, we omitted some irrelevant researches. Therefore, with this selection of manuscripts, we conducted a research paper. 3. Collating Studies: We also performed classifications to organize each datum, from manuscripts, to its relevant place to assess and evaluate. 4. Reporting results: Finally, with collecting and analyzing and performing our research purposes, we reported our findings. The figures were designed to improve the impact and validity of this research.

Abstract: Cinema Belgica (CB) is an online platform that integrates fourteen existing datasets covering Belgian film production, distribution, exhibition, censorship and reception. In order to facilitate (inter)national data exchange and comparative research into cinema history, the platform (a) integrates key datasets related to Belgian cinema history, (b) makes them accessible according to FAIR principles (Wilkinson et al., 2016), and (c) enriches them with heritage collections. CB is Belgium’s contribution to the growing network of historical cinema databases, such as Cinema Context and The German Early Cinema Database (Dibbets, 2010; Garncarz, 2014). CB's data model is a modified version of the Cinema Context data model (van Oort & Noordegraaf, 2020). It is built around eight main conceptual entities: programme, film, censorship, venue, person, company, archive and publication (cfr. tree view). We refer to our accompanying research paper for more information regarding the logical organisation of the CSV files. The data deposited here can also be accesses via the public website of Cinema Belgica.

This dataset contains Online Supplements with zooarchaeological data from The Place of Palms at Aphrodisias. It supports the chapter: Trentacoste, A. (forthcoming) Faunal Remains from the Late Antique to Ottoman Periods. In Wilson, A. I. and Russell, B., The ‘Place of Palms’: An Urban Park at Aphrodisias. Results of The Mica and Ahmet Ertegün South Agora Pool Project. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden. The above chapter presents a zooarchaeological analysis of the faunal material from The Place of Palms, including figures, tables, discussion, and regional contextualisation. This online dataset contains supplemental materials relevant to this study: a full description of the recording methodology, the recorded faunal assemblage data, and summary tables with information on skeletal element abundance (quantified through the minimum number of elements (MNE) / minimum animal units (MAU)) and bone fusion. Full details on the recording methodology are given in Supplement 1, which also contains a description of the organisation of the data table containing the recorded faunal assemblage. Supplement 2 contains the complete faunal assemblage in tabular format, including measurements. Body part distribution for the main taxa with MNE and MAU counts is presented in Supplements 3–5. Bone fusion is quantified in Supplements 6–9. These tables are presented online to save space in the printed volume and to facilitate re-use. About zooarchaeological analysis at Aphrodisias: Faunal remains were excavated between 2012 and 2017 from ‘The Place of Palms’, an area within the urban centre of Aphrodisias, defined by a massive monumental pool. The pool functioned from its construction in the first century AD into Late Antiquity. With the decline of the late antique city, the pool was no longer maintained, and, from the seventh century AD, its basin progressively became filled by dumped materials and sedimentation. By the fifteenth century AD the basin of the pool was completely covered by siltation and sediment run-off, and an Ottoman village came to occupy the site. Animal remains were recovered from throughout this chronology, from Imperial Roman to modern times. As the first systemic analysis of faunal material from Aphrodisias for the Late Antique and later periods, this zooarchaeologial study focused on general patterns of animal exploitation over the long chronology of the assemblage. Faunal material was hand collected, save for a few contexts which were subject to flotation. The majority of the material came from Ottoman deposits (c. 1500 specimens identified to taxon and element). Late Antique contexts were also well represented (c. 600 specimens identified to taxon and element). The total number of quantified specimens (identified to taxon and element) was just over 2400. In addition to new data on the Ottoman period, notable finds include the disarticulated remains of at least seven Late Antique equids, an abundance of turtles (Mauremys sp.) found in Byzantine pool deposits, a series of rough Late Antique bone tools, possibly used as scrapers, and evidence for suid – especially wild boar – consumption in Ottoman times. For further details see the volume and chapter cited above. Links and related references: - http://aphrodisias.classics.ox.ac.uk/excsouthagora.html - Wilson, A., Russell, B., and Ward, A. 2016. ‘Excavations in an urban park (“South Agora”), 2012’ in R.R.R. Smith, J. Lenaghan, A. Sokolicek and K. Welch (eds.), Aphrodisias Papers 5: Excavation and Research at Aphrodisias, 2006-2012, Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplement 103, 77-90. - Robinson, M. 2016. 'The environmental archaeology of the South Agora Pool, Aphrodisias' in Smith R.R.R. Smith, J. Lenaghan, A. Sokolicek and K. Welch (eds) Aphrodisias Papers 5: Excavation and Research at Aphrodisias, 2006-2012, Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplement 103, 91-99 - Wilson, A. (2019). ‘Aphrodisias in the long sixth century’, in I. Jacobs and H. Elton (eds), Asia Minor in the Long Sixth Century: Current Research and Future Directions. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 197–221.