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Arsinoite nome

The Arsinoite nome, Greek Arsinoites or Crocodilopolites, was the administrative district of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt covering the Fayum basin, renamed for Arsinoe II under Ptolemy II and heavily reshaped by land reclamation.

Arslan Arghun

Arslan Arghun (ارسلان ارغون) was a Seljuk prince, son of Sultan Alp Arslan and brother of Malik-Shah, who ruled most of Khurasan independently from 1092 until his death in 1097.

Arslan Khan (Karluk)

Arslan Khan is a title borne by rulers connected with the Karluk Turks, and in the Qarakhanid Khaganate it marked the senior eastern line ruling from Kashgar and Balasagun.

Arslan Naseer

Arslan Naseer, known as CBA (Comics By Arslan), is a Pakistani comedian and actor who rose through satirical YouTube videos before his 2021 acting debut in Chupke Chupke.

Arslan Tash

Arslan Tash, the ancient Hadatu, is an Iron Age tell in northern Syria that served as an Assyrian provincial capital, known for its monumental gates and carved ivories.

Arslan Tash amulets

The Arslan Tash amulets are two limestone plaques bought at Arslan Tash in northern Syria in 1933, carrying Phoenician protective incantations in Aramaic script, dated to the 7th century BCE and long disputed as possible forgeries.

Arslan Tash ivory inscription

The Arslan Tash ivory inscription is a short Aramaic text on an ivory furniture veneer naming Hazael, king of Damascus, found at Arslan Tash, Syria, in 1928.

Arslan-Shah

Arslan-Shah (ارسلان‌شاه) was a Seljuk sultan, son of Toghrul II, placed on the throne at Hamadan in 1160 by the atabeg Eldiguz, who exercised real power in his name.

Arslanbob (Арстанбап)

Arslanbob (Арстанбап) is an Uzbek mountain village in Jalal-Abad Region, southern Kyrgyzstan, home to the world's largest natural-growth walnut forest, waterfalls, and a CBT homestay network active since 2001.

Arslankaya

Arslankaya, also known as Arslan Kaya or Aslankaya, is a Phrygian rock-cut façade monument near Döğer in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, carved in the sixth century BCE for the mother goddess Matar.

Arslantepe

Arslantepe, known in ancient sources as Melid, is an archaeological mound in the Malatya plain of eastern Turkey, occupied from 4700 BC to 712 BC.

Arsogni Vati

Arsogni Vati (Arshoghni Vati, अर्शोघ्नी वटी) is a classical Ayurvedic tablet for hemorrhoids from Siddha Yoga Sangraha, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India Vol. II 10:3, with neem, Melia azedarach, Berberis aristata, Dragon's Blood, and amber; AFI dose 125 mg–1 g.

Arson

Arson is the willful or malicious destruction of property by fire or explosion, once limited at common law to burning another's dwelling. Covers statutory definitions, penalties in England, Wales, and the US, fire investigation under NFPA 921, and wrongful-conviction reforms.

Arsphenamine

Arsphenamine (Salvarsan, compound 606), an organoarsenic drug introduced by Ehrlich and Hata in 1910 as the first effective syphilis treatment and first modern chemotherapeutic agent, displaced by penicillin in the 1940s.

ArsR transcriptional regulator

ArsR transcriptional regulator: E. coli As(III)/Sb(III)-sensing homodimeric repressor, founding member of the ArsR/SmtB metalloregulator family; arsenite binding derepresses the ars resistance operon and drives arsenic biosensors.

Arstasis

Arstasis Inc was a Redwood City, California medical device startup, founded in 2004, that developed the ArstasisOne and AXERA vascular access devices for femoral catheterization.

Arsuz stelae

The Arsuz stelae are two near-identical basalt stelae of the later tenth century BC, found in 2007 at Uluçınar in Hatay, Turkey, bearing Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions of King Suppiluliuma of Walastin.

Art

Art: the intentional making of artifacts and performances endowed with aesthetic interest, found in virtually every known human culture. Also called the philosophy of art's central subject; definitions range from mimesis, expressivism, and formalism to institutional and historical theories.

Art & Architecture Thesaurus

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) is a multilingual thesaurus of generic art, architecture, and heritage concepts, maintained by the Getty Research Institute and published as free linked open data.

Art Alexakis

Art Alexakis (Arthur Paul Alexakis, born 1962) is the American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who founded Everclear in Portland in 1992, wrote its 1990s alt-rock hits, and went solo with Sun Songs in 2019.

Art and Liberty Group

The Art and Liberty Group (جماعة الفن والحرية, Art et Liberté) was a Cairo-based collective of Egyptian and foreign surrealist writers and artists, founded in December 1938.

Art Angels

Art Angels is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Grimes (Claire Boucher), released November 6, 2015 on 4AD. Written and recorded solo in her Los Angeles home studio, it features Janelle Monáe and Aristophanes and was named NME's Album of the Year 2015.

Art Attack

Art Attack is a British children's art and crafts TV series created by Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds, airing on CITV 1990–2007 with the Big Art Attack overhead-camera segment, later revived on Disney Junior (2011–2015) and announced for a Romesh Ranganathan revival.

Art Basel

Art Basel: international art fair founded 1970 in Basel by Bruckner, Hilt, and Beyeler; now stages fairs in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, Paris, and Qatar, with UBS as lead partner and highly selective gallery admission.

Art Bell

Art Bell (Arthur William Bell III, 1945–2018), American broadcaster, founder and original host of paranormal late-night radio show Coast to Coast AM, based in Pahrump, Nevada; also created Dreamland, Dark Matter, and Midnight in the Desert.

Art Bezrukavenko (Артем Безрукавенко)

Art Bezrukavenko (Артем Безрукавенко), born 1997 in Ukraine, is a Ukrainian-American queer TikTok creator of the Gays of Our Days street interviews, based in Chicago with 1M+ TikTok followers.

Art Blakey

Art Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He led The Jazz Messengers for decades, defining the hard bop style.

Art Briles

Art Briles (born 1955), American football coach; rebuilt Stephenville HS, Houston, and Baylor, winning two Big 12 titles; fired by Baylor in May 2016 after the Pepper Hamilton sexual assault investigation; no NCAA show-cause; coaches Texas high school football.

Art Buchwald

Art Buchwald (1925-2007), American humor columnist and political satirist, Paris Herald Tribune's 'Paris After Dark' creator, Washington Post syndicated columnist in 550 papers, 1982 Pulitzer Commentary winner.

Art Carney

Art Carney (Arthur William Matthew Carney, 1918-2003), American actor; Ed Norton on The Honeymooners and Oscar-winning Best Actor for Harry and Tonto; six Emmys, Broadway's original Felix Unger.