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... Greece from India can be only conjectural in the absence of conclusive evidence . Though belief in re- birth and the transmigration of souls has been wide- spread , however , especially in preliterate religions , it was in India and Greece ...
... Greece from India can be only conjectural in the absence of conclusive evidence . Though belief in re- birth and the transmigration of souls has been wide- spread , however , especially in preliterate religions , it was in India and Greece ...
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... Greece . The Homeric poems contain the most complete descriptions of sacrificial rites in ancient Greece . These rites , which were maintained almost with- out change for more than 10 centuries , were of two types : rites ( thysia ) ...
... Greece . The Homeric poems contain the most complete descriptions of sacrificial rites in ancient Greece . These rites , which were maintained almost with- out change for more than 10 centuries , were of two types : rites ( thysia ) ...
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... Greece , and he was able to expose the stratigraphy at Troy more clearly than be- fore and to revolutionize Schliemann's techniques . In 1884 , Schliemann , together with Dörpfeld , excavated the great fortified site of Tiryns near ...
... Greece , and he was able to expose the stratigraphy at Troy more clearly than be- fore and to revolutionize Schliemann's techniques . In 1884 , Schliemann , together with Dörpfeld , excavated the great fortified site of Tiryns near ...
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