The Early History of the Mediterranean Populations, &c., in Their Migrations and Settlements: Illustrated from Autonomous Coins, Gems, Inscriptions, & CTrübner & Company, 1882 - 79 pages |
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... ancient names of cities in the Old World from India to Britain , and of those in the New World in wide regions . These lists met with little attention , because the compari- sons could not be understood by some persons , and were looked ...
... ancient names of cities in the Old World from India to Britain , and of those in the New World in wide regions . These lists met with little attention , because the compari- sons could not be understood by some persons , and were looked ...
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... ancients or moderns for the earlier symbols ; it is better worth while to try and ascertain their relations . If then we sort out all the coins in a cabinet having a Horse or Horse's Head ( and Pegasus comes into this class ) or having ...
... ancients or moderns for the earlier symbols ; it is better worth while to try and ascertain their relations . If then we sort out all the coins in a cabinet having a Horse or Horse's Head ( and Pegasus comes into this class ) or having ...
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... ancient and other languages we shall find corresponding words , as in Akkad Kurra for Horse . The matter , however , goes further . If more than one emblem is to be found on a coin , then there will be a parallel- ism of sound for these ...
... ancient and other languages we shall find corresponding words , as in Akkad Kurra for Horse . The matter , however , goes further . If more than one emblem is to be found on a coin , then there will be a parallel- ism of sound for these ...
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... ancient languages . In Italy the Greek element was also restricted in its effect , but the earlier occupants were all non - Aryan . Many a town in Italy is identical in name and emblems with one in Asia or the islands , and the system ...
... ancient languages . In Italy the Greek element was also restricted in its effect , but the earlier occupants were all non - Aryan . Many a town in Italy is identical in name and emblems with one in Asia or the islands , and the system ...
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... ancient world . As in the examples before us we have found a solution for many difficulties , and the way of knowing what was unknown , so may we hope for the application of such facts to regions still more obscure . Of the early ...
... ancient world . As in the examples before us we have found a solution for many difficulties , and the way of knowing what was unknown , so may we hope for the application of such facts to regions still more obscure . Of the early ...
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