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$4.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States "Graeco-Roman Egypt" (Shire Egyptology) by Simon P. Ellis. Publisher : Shire Publications (2008). CONDITION : NEW. New oversized softcover. Shire Publications ... more(2008) 56 pages. Unblemished, unmarked, pristine in every respect.
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Then, with the founding of Greek trading colonies along the Thracian coasts of the Aegean and Black Seas after 700 B.C. Thrace entered recorded history. ... moreSitalkes and his powerful successors grew rich on tribute, eventually surpassing even Athens in revenue.
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$6.49 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Lummi Island, United States The Scythian languages belonged to the Eastern branch of the Iranian languages. The "classical Scythians" known to ancient Greek historians were located ... morein the northern Black Sea and Caucasus regions.
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$11.99 Shipping Condition: Like New Location: Lummi Island, United States The Siberian beads is the latest discovery from the Denisova Cave which is possibly the finest natural repository of sequential early human history so ... morefar discovered anywhere on the planet. In August, we revealed the discovery of the world's oldest needle in the cave - still usable after 50,000 years.
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$5.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States Pharaoh Akhenaten founded the city of Amarna 3,500 years ago. During the 14th century BC, Armana was founded by Akhenaten to promote his new religion ... moreand for 12 years was the capital of the world's greatest empire.
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