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... represented a formal garden with watercourses , paths , rectangular beds filled with flowers , and blossoming shrubs and fruit trees . Yellow gravel was represented by gold ; and the blossoms , fruit , and birds were worked with pearls ...
... represented a formal garden with watercourses , paths , rectangular beds filled with flowers , and blossoming shrubs and fruit trees . Yellow gravel was represented by gold ; and the blossoms , fruit , and birds were worked with pearls ...
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... represented Marduk , the victor and cre- ator . Another cult drama represented the death and resur- rection of the god of vegetation , in which the participants in mourning processions searched for the vanished god ( represented by the ...
... represented Marduk , the victor and cre- ator . Another cult drama represented the death and resur- rection of the god of vegetation , in which the participants in mourning processions searched for the vanished god ( represented by the ...
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... represented by a stratum of limestones , marls , and sandstones of a thickness of 160-260 feet . In the central part , thin - layer dolomites and sandstones from 80 to 400 feet thick are located . In the eastern parts of the range , red ...
... represented by a stratum of limestones , marls , and sandstones of a thickness of 160-260 feet . In the central part , thin - layer dolomites and sandstones from 80 to 400 feet thick are located . In the eastern parts of the range , red ...
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