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... Egyptian Audubon who painted the lower picture was no careless observer : the ornithologist identifies one hoopoe , three shrikes , and a redstart . ( Upper ) Fowling in the Marshes . 1420- 1375 B.C. ( Lower ) Birds in an Acacia Tree ...
... Egyptian Audubon who painted the lower picture was no careless observer : the ornithologist identifies one hoopoe , three shrikes , and a redstart . ( Upper ) Fowling in the Marshes . 1420- 1375 B.C. ( Lower ) Birds in an Acacia Tree ...
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... Egypt , a little more loosely in Mesopotamia . The historic effort , as recorded on two famous Egyptian palettes , begins at the point where the paleolithic hunting chief , the first among equals , passes over into the powerful king ...
... Egypt , a little more loosely in Mesopotamia . The historic effort , as recorded on two famous Egyptian palettes , begins at the point where the paleolithic hunting chief , the first among equals , passes over into the powerful king ...
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... Egypt , 166 ; crises in , 178 Egyptian kingship , 171 Egyptian magistrate , 193 Egyptian Pharaohs , power of , 182 , 184 Egyptian pyramid , cave- like interior of , 120 Egyptian Sakieh , [ 25 ] Egyptian tombs , endow- ments for , 215 ...
... Egypt , 166 ; crises in , 178 Egyptian kingship , 171 Egyptian magistrate , 193 Egyptian Pharaohs , power of , 182 , 184 Egyptian pyramid , cave- like interior of , 120 Egyptian Sakieh , [ 25 ] Egyptian tombs , endow- ments for , 215 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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