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7 - The Development of Towns during the End of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (ca. 2200–2050 BCE)

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Nadine Moeller
Nadine Moeller
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The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
From the Predynastic Period to the End of the Middle Kingdom
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Print publication year: 2016

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