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Page 105
... served for heating . Low pillars in front of the god's seat seem to have served as stoppers for a hanging that shielded him from profane eyes . Here , or in a connecting room , would be the god's table , bed , and bathtub . At a later ...
... served for heating . Low pillars in front of the god's seat seem to have served as stoppers for a hanging that shielded him from profane eyes . Here , or in a connecting room , would be the god's table , bed , and bathtub . At a later ...
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... served as the foundation of all the states and empires of the ancient world , from China and India to Greece and Rome . And it served equally the European Middle Ages , which in some respects , notably in technology , actually fell back ...
... served as the foundation of all the states and empires of the ancient world , from China and India to Greece and Rome . And it served equally the European Middle Ages , which in some respects , notably in technology , actually fell back ...
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... served by independent conservation laboratories , an ex- ample of which is the Canadian Conservation Institute , in ... serves . In large museums , and in university museums in particular , pure and applied research may be of national or ...
... served by independent conservation laboratories , an ex- ample of which is the Canadian Conservation Institute , in ... serves . In large museums , and in university museums in particular , pure and applied research may be of national or ...
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