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... ancient homeland was Iran ) is called nowzād ( Persian : " new birth " ) ; it invests both six - year old boys and girls with a thread worn round the waist . Some scholars suggest that this in- dicates a common and ancient Indo ...
... ancient homeland was Iran ) is called nowzād ( Persian : " new birth " ) ; it invests both six - year old boys and girls with a thread worn round the waist . Some scholars suggest that this in- dicates a common and ancient Indo ...
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... ancient Near East art : see Alaca Hüyük ; armlet ; Ashur ; beads ; Black Obelisk ; Borsippa ; Bronze Age ; Choga - Zambil ; cylinder seals ; Erebuni ; Erech ; Eridu ; Ghassulian ; Hasanlu ; Hassuna Period ; Iron age ; Khirbet Kerak ware ...
... ancient Near East art : see Alaca Hüyük ; armlet ; Ashur ; beads ; Black Obelisk ; Borsippa ; Bronze Age ; Choga - Zambil ; cylinder seals ; Erebuni ; Erech ; Eridu ; Ghassulian ; Hasanlu ; Hassuna Period ; Iron age ; Khirbet Kerak ware ...
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... ancient Zacynthus ; it is the seat of a met- ropolitan bishop . Zacynthus received its name from the ancient Arcadian chief Zacynthus ; the 5th - century - BC historian Thucydides said that it was colo- nized by Achaeans from the ...
... ancient Zacynthus ; it is the seat of a met- ropolitan bishop . Zacynthus received its name from the ancient Arcadian chief Zacynthus ; the 5th - century - BC historian Thucydides said that it was colo- nized by Achaeans from the ...
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