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... bronze knives found at Shang sites are ornamented with animal heads similar to those found on knives of Bronze Age southern Siberia ; this similarity and the " carved box " appearance of some of the ritual vessels point to mutual ...
... bronze knives found at Shang sites are ornamented with animal heads similar to those found on knives of Bronze Age southern Siberia ; this similarity and the " carved box " appearance of some of the ritual vessels point to mutual ...
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Bronze bells Bronze bell of King Sondok , Unified Silla period ( 668-935 ) . In the Kyongju branch of the National Museum , Kyongju . Height 3.78 m . By courtesy of the Kyongju Branch of the National Museum of Korea , Kyongju terns ...
Bronze bells Bronze bell of King Sondok , Unified Silla period ( 668-935 ) . In the Kyongju branch of the National Museum , Kyongju . Height 3.78 m . By courtesy of the Kyongju Branch of the National Museum of Korea , Kyongju terns ...
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... Bronze Age in the friezes on the big stone cist of Kivik at Skåne , Sweden , as well as on rock engrav- ings that cover a long period of the Bronze and Iron Ages of Scandinavia . The Early Bronze Age was characterized by tumulus graves ...
... Bronze Age in the friezes on the big stone cist of Kivik at Skåne , Sweden , as well as on rock engrav- ings that cover a long period of the Bronze and Iron Ages of Scandinavia . The Early Bronze Age was characterized by tumulus graves ...
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