Есть лишь один критерий выбора героев этой книги (из сотен и тысяч храбрецов) – все они были осуждены или привлекались к уголовной ответственности (до войны, в годы войны или после ее окончания).
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In the third millennium B.C.E., the Oman Peninsula was the site of an important kingdom known in Akkadian texts as «Magan,» which traded extensively with the Indus Civilization, southern Iran, the Persian Gulf states, and southern Mesopotamia. Excavations have been carried out in this region since the 1970s, although the majority of studies have focused on mortuary monuments at the expense of settlement archaeology. While domestic structures of ...
Written to celebrate the centennial of the Sphinx's arrival in Philadelphia, The Sphinx That Traveled to Philadelphia tells the fascinating story of the colossal sphinx that is a highlight of the Penn Museum's Egyptian galleries and an iconic object for the Museum as a whole. The narrative covers the original excavations and archaeological history of the Sphinx, how it came to Philadelphia, and the unexpected ways in which the Sphinx ...
