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... contemporary works , and has defied time almost as well as the colossal later pyramids of Chephren and Cheops . The megamachine was re - assembled repeatedly for military pur- poses under the institution of divine kingship . But it ...
... contemporary works , and has defied time almost as well as the colossal later pyramids of Chephren and Cheops . The megamachine was re - assembled repeatedly for military pur- poses under the institution of divine kingship . But it ...
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... contemporary craftsmen and traders . The Venetian merchant , Louis Cornaro , in his classic essay on attaining longevity , took this regularity and abstemiousness to be the guarantee not only of a fruitful life but of financial ...
... contemporary craftsmen and traders . The Venetian merchant , Louis Cornaro , in his classic essay on attaining longevity , took this regularity and abstemiousness to be the guarantee not only of a fruitful life but of financial ...
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... contemporary society . Narr , Karl J. Urgeschichte der Kultur . Stuttgart : 1961 . Naumburg , Margaret . Art as Symbolic Speech . See Anshen , Ruth ( editor ) . Needham , Joseph , Wang Ling , and Derek Price . Heavenly Clockwork : The ...
... contemporary society . Narr , Karl J. Urgeschichte der Kultur . Stuttgart : 1961 . Naumburg , Margaret . Art as Symbolic Speech . See Anshen , Ruth ( editor ) . Needham , Joseph , Wang Ling , and Derek Price . Heavenly Clockwork : The ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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