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... ancient civili- zation of Mesopotamia could be contained in a box three feet square . Archaeological excavation began in the 1840s and sys- tematic recording of monuments at about the same time . It is well to remember that the ...
... ancient civili- zation of Mesopotamia could be contained in a box three feet square . Archaeological excavation began in the 1840s and sys- tematic recording of monuments at about the same time . It is well to remember that the ...
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... Ancient Egypt ( 1949 ) , Middle Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt , 2300-1590 B.C. ( 1950 ) , and New Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt During the Eighteenth Dynasty , 1570 to 1320 , 2nd ed . rev . ( 1961 ) ; KURT LANGE , Ägypten : Architektur ...
... Ancient Egypt ( 1949 ) , Middle Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt , 2300-1590 B.C. ( 1950 ) , and New Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt During the Eighteenth Dynasty , 1570 to 1320 , 2nd ed . rev . ( 1961 ) ; KURT LANGE , Ägypten : Architektur ...
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... ancient dune deposits have been used to deter- mine the source of material and the direction in which it was moved by wind . Much greater use has been made of the orientation of steep , lee - slope bedding , however . Data on bedding in ...
... ancient dune deposits have been used to deter- mine the source of material and the direction in which it was moved by wind . Much greater use has been made of the orientation of steep , lee - slope bedding , however . Data on bedding in ...
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