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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The magnificent works of art of ancient Crete, Mycenae and the Cycladic Islands are awe-inspiring in their richness, variety and vitality. Frescoes, jewelry, ... moresculpture, gold funeral masks, ivories and countless other beautiful artifacts - all the significant works of art and architecture that are our legacy front those great Aegean civilizations of the third and second millennia BC - are described and illustrated in Dr. Higgins' distinguished and classic survey.
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$9.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States In 429 B.C. Athens sent an expedition against Lycia to try to force it to rejoin the league. Persia held Lycia until it was conquered by Alexander III ... more(the Great) of Macedon during 334–333 B.C. The area was known prior to Greek/Hellenic colonization as the Kingdom of Lycia.
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$16.49 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States Chinese Ceramics: From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty by Laurie Barnes and Pengbo Ding. Publisher: Yale University (2010). Pages: 608. ... moreThe creation of ceramic ware holds a special and very important place among the many arts and inventions that characterize Chinese culture, society, and civilization.
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