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... ancient lore . " His eyes even beamed with the liveliness he felt as he described his work . " I visited that land nine years ago following graduation at Oxford . What a sensation it was for me , walking among ancient civilizations ...
... ancient lore . " His eyes even beamed with the liveliness he felt as he described his work . " I visited that land nine years ago following graduation at Oxford . What a sensation it was for me , walking among ancient civilizations ...
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... Ancient Egypt had been through twenty dynasties before ancient Greece got started . Today , only those monu- ments of Egypt are the really ancient remains in the world . The Egyptians never really abandoned their hieroglyphics from the ...
... Ancient Egypt had been through twenty dynasties before ancient Greece got started . Today , only those monu- ments of Egypt are the really ancient remains in the world . The Egyptians never really abandoned their hieroglyphics from the ...
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... ancient Persian Empire . Silks and cloth of gold for the damsels of Damascus , that most ancient of cities , the " Pearl of the Desert " . More recently , a central meeting place for the Syrian caravans carrying pilgrims to Mecca ...
... ancient Persian Empire . Silks and cloth of gold for the damsels of Damascus , that most ancient of cities , the " Pearl of the Desert " . More recently , a central meeting place for the Syrian caravans carrying pilgrims to Mecca ...
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Farewell to Youth | 1 |
Has War a Moral | 13 |
A Free India | 31 |
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