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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

K.E. Spence*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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References

Trigger, B.G. 1993. Early civilization: ancient Egypt in context. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press.Google Scholar