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... Anatolia , its walls were composed of a brick - filled timber framework on stone foundations . The private houses of this period at Beycesultan were all built on the megaron plan . The art of the Anatolian Early Bronze Age is best repre ...
... Anatolia , its walls were composed of a brick - filled timber framework on stone foundations . The private houses of this period at Beycesultan were all built on the megaron plan . The art of the Anatolian Early Bronze Age is best repre ...
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... Anatolia , 8th century BC ; in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations , Ankara . ( Right ) Rock - cut temple facade at Aslankaya , near Afyonkarahisar , Anatolia . By courtesy of ( left ) the Anadolu Medeniyetleri Muzesi , Ankara ...
... Anatolia , 8th century BC ; in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations , Ankara . ( Right ) Rock - cut temple facade at Aslankaya , near Afyonkarahisar , Anatolia . By courtesy of ( left ) the Anadolu Medeniyetleri Muzesi , Ankara ...
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... Anatolia , the Hurrian nation formed around Lake Van a new kingdom , which rose to considerable power , from about 900 to 600 BC . With few exceptions , the cuneiform inscriptions of this kingdom of Urartu are historical and reveal ...
... Anatolia , the Hurrian nation formed around Lake Van a new kingdom , which rose to considerable power , from about 900 to 600 BC . With few exceptions , the cuneiform inscriptions of this kingdom of Urartu are historical and reveal ...
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