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The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt (1909)

Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London, Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis · leaf 164

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Of about the 1st dynasty there are also copiesof spiral shells made by pressing gold foil, perhapsover shells. These were threaded as a necklace,imitating the shell necklaces of earlier ages. On coming to the Vlth dynasty (4000 B.C.) wesee gold chains (fig. 94) made of rings, each foldedinto a…

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