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... known from direct observation concerning the reproduction of the common eel or any species of the family . It was a well - known fact that large eels migrated towards the sea in autumn , and that in the spring small trans- parent eels ...
... known from direct observation concerning the reproduction of the common eel or any species of the family . It was a well - known fact that large eels migrated towards the sea in autumn , and that in the spring small trans- parent eels ...
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... known by its French title of Caisse de la Dette , and commonly spoken of simply as " the Caisse . " The duty of this body was to act as receivers of the revenues assigned to the service of the debt . To render their powers effective ...
... known by its French title of Caisse de la Dette , and commonly spoken of simply as " the Caisse . " The duty of this body was to act as receivers of the revenues assigned to the service of the debt . To render their powers effective ...
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... known . Professor Petrie has indeed suggested , chiefly on chronological grounds , that a table of stars on the ceiling of the Ramesseum temple and another in the tomb of Rameses VI . ( repeated in that of Rameses IX . without ...
... known . Professor Petrie has indeed suggested , chiefly on chronological grounds , that a table of stars on the ceiling of the Ramesseum temple and another in the tomb of Rameses VI . ( repeated in that of Rameses IX . without ...
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... known only in copies of the New Kingdom . The instructions of Ani to his son Khenshotp are of later date . In demotic the most notable of such works is a papyrus of the first century A.D. at Leiden . A number of Egyptian tales are known ...
... known only in copies of the New Kingdom . The instructions of Ani to his son Khenshotp are of later date . In demotic the most notable of such works is a papyrus of the first century A.D. at Leiden . A number of Egyptian tales are known ...
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... known as the Am Dual ) and deals with the journey of the sun during the twelve hours of the night . The Book of Gates treats of the same topic from a more theological stand- point . The Litanies of the Sun contain the acclamations with ...
... known as the Am Dual ) and deals with the journey of the sun during the twelve hours of the night . The Book of Gates treats of the same topic from a more theological stand- point . The Litanies of the Sun contain the acclamations with ...
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