The Phoenicians: The Purple Empire of the Ancient WorldMorrow, 1975 - 288 pages Examines the history, people, culture, civilization, and achievements of the Phoenicians, whose supremacy in shipbuilding and navigation enabled them to be masters of the ancient world for three hundred years. |
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... turned up in Europe . They caused feverish archaeological activity . Excavators rushed to Tell el - Amarna and were led to the spot . They were incredibly lucky . The tablets found by the peasant woman were not single pieces but part of ...
... turned up in Europe . They caused feverish archaeological activity . Excavators rushed to Tell el - Amarna and were led to the spot . They were incredibly lucky . The tablets found by the peasant woman were not single pieces but part of ...
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... turned out to have a hidden sting on arrival in Carthage . The men who unloaded them there were far more impressed by the beauty of the cargo than the value it represented . At the sight of these stolen statues , vases and friezes the ...
... turned out to have a hidden sting on arrival in Carthage . The men who unloaded them there were far more impressed by the beauty of the cargo than the value it represented . At the sight of these stolen statues , vases and friezes the ...
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... turned even more towards the Olympians . They built a temple in their town to Demeter , the goddess of fertility , and hired Greek priests , so that she would be worshipped in the correct manner . They were very punctilious in such ...
... turned even more towards the Olympians . They built a temple in their town to Demeter , the goddess of fertility , and hired Greek priests , so that she would be worshipped in the correct manner . They were very punctilious in such ...
Contents
The Bedouins of the Sea II | 11 |
The City in the Cedar Grove | 27 |
The Coming of the Aryans | 39 |
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