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Page 118
... represented as Lycurgus and also worshiped by the Liḥyanites . Nukhay , perhaps a solar god , was worshiped by the Thamudaeans and Șafaites . Al - Ilāt or Allat ( " the Goddess " ) , was known to all pan- theons . She is a daughter or a ...
... represented as Lycurgus and also worshiped by the Liḥyanites . Nukhay , perhaps a solar god , was worshiped by the Thamudaeans and Șafaites . Al - Ilāt or Allat ( " the Goddess " ) , was known to all pan- theons . She is a daughter or a ...
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... represented by definable an- cestors . The oldest Ordovician bivalves are , however , the subclass Palaeotaxodonta , which are thought to have given rise to the Cryptodonta by elongation . Modern assessment of their shell structure and ...
... represented by definable an- cestors . The oldest Ordovician bivalves are , however , the subclass Palaeotaxodonta , which are thought to have given rise to the Cryptodonta by elongation . Modern assessment of their shell structure and ...
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... represented in the repertory by about 20 works adhering , in the main , to the forms and textures of the 19th century . Both men embrace the new harmonic techniques without departing entirely from Romantic expressiveness . Many of their ...
... represented in the repertory by about 20 works adhering , in the main , to the forms and textures of the 19th century . Both men embrace the new harmonic techniques without departing entirely from Romantic expressiveness . Many of their ...
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