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Page 218
... tombs gradually spread throughout Japan , and the tombs became increasingly larger in the 5th century . The mausoleum of the Emperor Nintoku at Sakai , in Ōsaka Prefecture , is a huge tomb- measuring 8,915 feet ( 2,718 metres ) in ...
... tombs gradually spread throughout Japan , and the tombs became increasingly larger in the 5th century . The mausoleum of the Emperor Nintoku at Sakai , in Ōsaka Prefecture , is a huge tomb- measuring 8,915 feet ( 2,718 metres ) in ...
Page 253
... tombs of craftsmen and stonemasons demon- strate that prosperity was general . There was no branch of the arts in ... tombs ; for instance , three princes erected small tombs at Qaw , on the eastern bank of the Nile , in which the ...
... tombs of craftsmen and stonemasons demon- strate that prosperity was general . There was no branch of the arts in ... tombs ; for instance , three princes erected small tombs at Qaw , on the eastern bank of the Nile , in which the ...
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... tomb of Tutankha- men ( in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings ) contained beautifully painted chests and beds , alabaster vessels ex- quisitely shaped in the form of lotus buds , the staffs of the Pharaoh carved with the figures of ...
... tomb of Tutankha- men ( in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings ) contained beautifully painted chests and beds , alabaster vessels ex- quisitely shaped in the form of lotus buds , the staffs of the Pharaoh carved with the figures of ...
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