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Oxfam bookshop wallingford this book provides a panoramic history of the ancient celtic-speaking peoples form 800bc to adthe spread of celtic power, its expansion, contraction and large-scale extinction is described in detailsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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Examine the photos to form your own opinionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefor other countries sent by registered mail read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitestrip of 5 stamps of 8 baj + strip of 3 stamps on fragment of 6 bajstrip of 8 baj with spc certificategaggero + spc certificatestrip of 6 baj signed ainsured shipping to italy and eu countriesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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N 5f superb signed n 7e superb red pd postmark with certificate n 8a, very fresh, 3 beautiful margins but damaged lower right corner, signed see the photos to form your own opinion on this lotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Each chapter also comes with sections on ancient greek history and culture and on the influence of the ancient language on oursoxfam shop thornbury based on the same principles that lay behind the book "learn latin", this book provides the chance to read real ancient greeksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit teaches the reader enough greek in 20 chapters to be able to read selected passages from the new testament and from classical greek literature such as plato, aristophanes and euripides
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4 €
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See the photos to form your own opinion on this lotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesassone value: €stamps for newspapers noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website9 cancelled leno good margins8 cancelled venezia 1 margin on borderlineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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2 newspaper stamps n 10 mh 4 large margins 3 signatures + certificate n 10a mh and marked hinge 4 large margins see the photos to form your own opinion on this lotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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See the photos to form your own opinion on this lotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesassone value: € read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website2 newspaper fragmentsvariety a without middle barsuperb, signed by diena3 type iii cancelled in austria1 type i on a fragment, cancelled in bresciaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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More than 20 years later, their sons, the now world-famous toumani diabate and the junior ballake sissoko, have come together to pay tribute to their fathers with 's new ancient stringsthis is the first all-acoustic kora recording diabate has done since his stunning kaira, released more than 10 years prior to new ancient strings, and it shows a mature and forward-looking artist that would make the elder diabate proudtoumani diabate has toured the world as a soloist, as a member of fusion groups like songhai (with flamenco fusionist ketama), and he has incorporated subtle changes into his music that makes it a living affirmation of the strength of the ancient harp of africatogether diabate and sissoko explore their fathers' roots while travelling their own new routesoxfam shop magdelen street back in the early s, a recording by kora masters sidiki diabate and djelimadi sissoko called cordes anciennes first brought this rich acoustic music of mali to the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile many of the songs come from the original repertoire, the music is all modern mali
14 €
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Fans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottoms recreation of the ancient worldharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical artdoes treachery pose the greatest danger?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening dramaad 264 - the roman empire is torn in twopraise for harry sidebottom: sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydreveryone must choose a sideto the east, on the plains of northern italy, the armies of the emperor gallienus musteryet not all welcome ballistas returna fearsome, masked warlord attacks, bringing fire and sword against the anglesoxfam shop launceston warrior of rome: the amber road is the sixth book in harry sidebottom's warrior of rome serieson a mission shrouded in secrecy and suspicion, ballista must journey the amber road to the far north to hyperborea, back to his original home and the people of his birththe western provinces - gaul, spain and britain - have been seized by the pretender postumussee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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Mummies draws on cutting-edge research to reveal the actual experience of living and dying in the ancient nile valleypiecing together key biographical data and information, it has been possible for the first time to discover more about who these people were in ancient egyptian societyeight significant mummies are explored, each carefully selected to tell a different story, covering a period of over yearsthey include a young female temple singer, an unknown man of high status, and a child from the roman eraoxfam shop clitheroe in recent years, british museum curators have collaborated with scientists and medical experts to explore non-invasive imaging techniques and other scientific approaches to further study egyptian mummiesthis allows fascinating comparisons to be madethe majority of the material is drawn from the british museum's extensive egypt and sudan collections, but the book includes a number of mummies from other museums to physically reunite individuals originally buried together in family or communal tombswith over 200 specially commissioned photographs, mummies sets out to shine a new light on the pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefunerary objects are also highlighted for context: for example, non-invasive imaging of the contents of canopic jars; analyses of embalming substances, and identification of wood species and pigment types used in coffins
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of godsmark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehpart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textsin part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahwehhe argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismat the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergence
25 €
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Fans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottom's recreation of the ancient worldharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical artballista is in a strange land, among strange people, but is it possible that the greatest threat may come from within his own familia?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening dramahe must face the heruli - the most bizarre and brutal of all the nomad tribes - the eaters of flesh, the wolves of the northballista must undertake his most treacherous journey yet - a covert attempt to turn the barbarians of the steppe against each otherpraise for harry sidebottom:'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydrsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas ballista and his retinue make their journey, someone - or something - is hunting them, picking them off one by one, and leaving a trail of terror and mutilated corpsesad263 - barbarian invasions and violent uprisings threaten to tear apart the imperium of romeoxfam bookshop hertford warrior of rome: the wolves of the north by harry sidebottom marks the start of a new trilogy within the warrior of rome seriesin the north, the tribes are increasingly bold in their raids on the imperium - their savagery unlike anything rome has known before
2 €
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Oxfam shop thornbury this new work from thomas gallant provides a highly original analysis of the ancient greek domestic economythe author details these strategies alongside the key adaptive measures by which the ancient greeks coped with major fluctuations in food production and supplyas a whole, the book makes a major contribution to the perennial debate about how peasants secure the basic conditions of material subsistencethe nature of their environment together with only rudimentary technology caused the greek peasants to develop an extensive but delicate web of risk-management strategiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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57 €
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100 greatest ancient coins, hardcover by berk, harlan jberk, one of america’s best-known ancient-coin dealers, takes you on a personal guided tour of the numismatic antiquities of greece, rome, the byzantine empire, and other parts of the ancient world, 144 pages, full color, with enlarged photographs and stories for every coinin this beautifully illustrated book, harlan jvecchi, italo (frw), isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us emperors and assassins, owls and turtles, gods and goddesses, brave heroes and villainous rogues-all of these and more await you in this new, updated second edition of the “100 greatest coins”
41 €
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The principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalityhow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timeshere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselffor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understoodfrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifebut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionsby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againwith the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnwith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifeand so it remained until lhubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturescredit and debit cards accepted
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Apart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversno writing or inscriptionspublished by john murray, londoninternally; is almost goodlacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completeitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regiondiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)securely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagestop of spine cover missingbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4condition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornerstitles in gilt to spinethis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this work
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102 €
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"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights region" see oxfam website for delivery information read morein doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forcesbanias' story starts in canaanite timeswith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianityits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firmjohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable cityunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodwilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twain
32 €
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Bottero also focuses on divination in the ancient world, contending that certain modes of worship in mesopotamia, in their application of causality and proof, prefigure the "scientific mindto give the reader some sense of how mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, bottero begins with an account of assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient cultureour ancestors, the mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop leeds 311ppthis transmission, compounded with countless discoveries, would not have been possible without the surprising decipherment of the cuneiform writing systemin this collection of essays, the french scholar jean bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history
10 €
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The book focuses on both maritime exploration and overland discovery via the ancient silk road: a network of trading posts that encompassed china, tibet, pakistan, india, kurdistan, iraq, ethiopia, eritrea, and dozens of other places known in ancient times by fabled names, including abyssinia, malacca, macassar, siam, and cathayjames cook) and influential cartographersoxfam bookshop brighton today the world is focusing unprecedented attention on asia and the middle east - rediscovering a cultural, political, and geographical landscape that has fascinated and frustrated westerners since the time of alexander the greatmapping the silk road and beyond depicts over eighty maps organized in clear chronology - from alexander the great's map of the world, first created in 323 bc and reproduced in a sixteenth-century atlas, to maps from the nineteenth century by french and dutch explorers that detail the growing interaction between europeans and eastern culturessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe maps provide detailed visual keys to the fascinating history of asia and the middle east: altogether they illuminate a cast of historical figures ranging from great leaders (the queen of sheba, mohammed the prophet, king charles v) to legendary explorers (marco polo, columbus, magellan, sir francis drake, captmapping the silk road and beyond traces the history of the european age of exploration and its lasting effects on these regions through an extensive series of beautifully rendered and imaginative maps drawn by explorers, merchants, and colonial administrators of the timethese maps represent the finest examples in existence in museums, libraries, and archives around the world, chosen because they depict the most important milestones in the mapping of asia
9 €
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Probing into ancient perspectives on the legitimacy and legality of rule, the title also explores the relationship between ruling and lawwith an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyrannyfinally, heroic rulers demonstrates that monarchy, which is generally thought to have disappeared before the end of the archaic period, remained a valid political option from the early iron age through to the hellenistic periodit looks at how a common heroic ideology among rulers was based upon excellence, or arete, and also surveys dynastic ruling, where rule was in some sense shared within the family or clanlaw, personified as 'king' (nomos basileus), came to be seen as the ultimate source of sovereignty especially as expressed through the constitutional machinery of the city, and became an important balance and constraint for personal rulesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreheroic rulers examines reasons why both personal and clan-based rule was particularly unstable and its core tension with the competitive nature of greek society, so that the question of who had the most arete was an issue of debate both from within the ruling family and from other heroic aspirants
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15 €
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'the babylonian world' presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state babylonia and its 'holy city', babylon this book explores all key aspects of the development of this ancient culture, including the ecology of the region and its famously productive agriculture, its political and economic standing, its religious practices, and the achievements of its intelligentsiapaperback in excellent condition except for some water-ruffling to bottom of pagescomprehensive and accessible, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying the periodhistoricized by the new testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern sciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is free of notes and inscriptions, and remains a clean, bright and good condition copy, which shows no signs of having been readoxfam shop cowley road softcover published by routledge, (first published )
19 €
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Apart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)some pencil writing on front free endpapercondition wear at extremitiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverspublished by john murray, londoninternally; is almost goodplates are brightitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionnot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea scarce and an original first edition copy for collectors of austen henry layard, 19th century travel books, and for those interested in nineveh, mesopotamia, iraq, babylonia, babylonians, medes, chaldeans, persians, scythians, cimmerians the middle east, travel and explorationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingsome rubbing to front inner hingeslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean condition5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishers’ workssecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagesdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum this volume details layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece ‘ north-eastern façade and grand entrance of sennacherib’s palace (kouyunjik)’, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, over 20 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps ‘map of assyria, and map of mesopotamia’ at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4the expedition yielded further important trophies and discoveries, including the cuneiform library of sennacherib's grandson ashurbanipal, on which most modern knowledge of assyrian culture is foundedtitles in gilt to spinethis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this work
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107 €
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In ancient egypt, only kings, queens and gods were allowed to carry this symbolthe ankh is the egyptian sign of life and indicates that the king or god holding it has the power to give life or take it away from lesser mortals
103 €
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The legacy of the ancient greeks has shaped our worldthe first half of the book focuses on political and military history, from mycenae and the golden age of athens to the campaigns of alexander the greatpublisher: lorenz books; new edition edition (28 april )
24 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis wonderful 2 oz silver coin is the second issue of the "ancient chinese warriors" series dedicated to the chinese heroes of the pastplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe coin has wonderful and highly detailed reliefs, gold plating, an antique finish and is supplied in a box, together with the certificate of authenticityin this issue - lyu bulimited mintage: of 500 pieces worldwide! read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
480 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilimited mintage of only 500 pieces worldwidecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe coin has a beautiful high relief, a rose gold insert, an antique finish and is supplied in a wooden case, together with the certificate of authenticitythis beautiful 2 oz silver coin is the third issue of the "ancient myths" series and depicts the famous titan prometheus, the one who created man from clayour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam shop fulwood road the ancient greeks from bc until ad made remarkable advances in engineering and technology, they even laid the founding stones of modern technologypublished see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book explores their contributions to architecture, ship building, metallurgy, the construction of statues, martial machines, hydraulic inventions etc
29 €
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Sold out immediately the ancient astronaut nefertiti (gold) is delivered in a vintage style boxare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecast resin with galvanically gold-plated surfaceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteimbue-ancient astronaut nefertiti (gold)artist stamp on the box100 g limited edition140 mm weight approximbue the “banksy of brighton” read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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A fast, exciting challenge to become the supreme ruler of the ancient world! choose your camel and roll the diebattle bravely, barter wisely, respect your gods and beware of the tomb-raiders! suitable for 2 to 4 players, ages 7 and upwardsnew, vintage egyptians adventure board game by the green board game cosealed in original shrink wrapall our items come from a smoke free home
20 €
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A classic of the ancient italian statescatalogue value: €are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecertificate (diena)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful used crocetta di napoli, light cancellation, complete margins, high quality and perfectour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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