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... Gold earring with Nike driving a chariot ; from the Peloponnese , 4th century BC . In the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . ( Bottom ) Gold diadem embellished with blue , green , red , and white enamelled flowers ; from a tomb at Canossa ...
... Gold earring with Nike driving a chariot ; from the Peloponnese , 4th century BC . In the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . ( Bottom ) Gold diadem embellished with blue , green , red , and white enamelled flowers ; from a tomb at Canossa ...
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... gold . There , as in other parts of Africa , the metal that was not export- ed was used to make ornaments for the tribal chieftains . These were very elaborate objects with complicated deco- rative motifs worked in embossing or punched ...
... gold . There , as in other parts of Africa , the metal that was not export- ed was used to make ornaments for the tribal chieftains . These were very elaborate objects with complicated deco- rative motifs worked in embossing or punched ...
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... gold on the Rand in 1886. Today it stands at the centre of the country's gold - mining industry . Jo- hannesburg is the only city of its size that is not situated on a coast , a lakeshore , or on a river . ( For historical aspects see ...
... gold on the Rand in 1886. Today it stands at the centre of the country's gold - mining industry . Jo- hannesburg is the only city of its size that is not situated on a coast , a lakeshore , or on a river . ( For historical aspects see ...
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