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... Mycenae , it is not surprising to find lyres among the stringed instruments of these peoples . In Celt- ic society , depictions of lyres are found on the coins of pre - Christian Gaul . These instruments , which were U- shaped , may ...
... Mycenae , it is not surprising to find lyres among the stringed instruments of these peoples . In Celt- ic society , depictions of lyres are found on the coins of pre - Christian Gaul . These instruments , which were U- shaped , may ...
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... Mycenaean ware , probably export- ed from Greece itself . The importance of the Western trade is shown by the fact that colonies of Minoan , and later Mycenaean , merchants were to be found at Ugarit and probably elsewhere . Egyptian ...
... Mycenaean ware , probably export- ed from Greece itself . The importance of the Western trade is shown by the fact that colonies of Minoan , and later Mycenaean , merchants were to be found at Ugarit and probably elsewhere . Egyptian ...
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... Mycenaean sea power left only the Sea Peoples as rivals in the eastern Mediterranean . By the time of the visit to Byblos by an Egyptian envoy , Wen - Amon , in c . 1075 , Phoenician ports were already busy , and less than a century ...
... Mycenaean sea power left only the Sea Peoples as rivals in the eastern Mediterranean . By the time of the visit to Byblos by an Egyptian envoy , Wen - Amon , in c . 1075 , Phoenician ports were already busy , and less than a century ...
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