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... stone monuments , especially the " colossal heads " measuring up to 9 feet ( nearly 3 m ) in height and possibly ... STONE AGE , ancient cultural stage , or level of human development , that existed between the Paleolithic Period ( q.v. ) ...
... stone monuments , especially the " colossal heads " measuring up to 9 feet ( nearly 3 m ) in height and possibly ... STONE AGE , ancient cultural stage , or level of human development , that existed between the Paleolithic Period ( q.v. ) ...
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... stone colossi ( lamassu ) . In the Nergal Gate two winged stone bulls , attributable to Sen- nacherib , have been reinstalled : a site museum has been erected adjacent to it by the Iraqi Department of Antiquities . The Adad Gate ...
... stone colossi ( lamassu ) . In the Nergal Gate two winged stone bulls , attributable to Sen- nacherib , have been reinstalled : a site museum has been erected adjacent to it by the Iraqi Department of Antiquities . The Adad Gate ...
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opus signinum 974 small cubes ( tesserae ) of stone or glass . Al- though portable stone mosaic works of similar technique were produced in the Near East as early as about 3000 BC , the term opus sectile properly refers to an art that ...
opus signinum 974 small cubes ( tesserae ) of stone or glass . Al- though portable stone mosaic works of similar technique were produced in the Near East as early as about 3000 BC , the term opus sectile properly refers to an art that ...
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