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  • Thumbnail for Sumer
    stones of all kinds, including more precious stones such as lapis lazuli, alabaster, and serpentine, were used for cylinder seals. Some of the most famous...
    110 KB (12,492 words) - 15:44, 13 November 2024
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    characterized by its short bushy appearance with rows of curls that frame the brow and sides of the face.  The feature that requires the most attention is located...
    7 KB (893 words) - 00:28, 22 March 2024
  • including on a 4th-century painted vase from Vulci, two 2nd century alabaster ash urns from Volterra, and a red-figure 4th–3rd century oinochoe. In...
    76 KB (6,974 words) - 00:33, 17 November 2024
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    mentions an "eye ad-gir" that afflicts people with evil Archaeological data: Alabaster idols with incised eyes were found in Tell Brak, one of Mesopotamia's...
    83 KB (10,701 words) - 05:52, 17 November 2024
  • going through his overalls pockets while he sleeps. Alabaster Alligator: Not much is known about Alabaster except that he is considerably brighter than his...
    79 KB (10,986 words) - 23:48, 16 November 2024
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    return, criticisms began to rise concerning his acting. Journalist Rick Du Brow wrote of him, "Troy is big and strong and has the rare ability to make the...
    75 KB (8,483 words) - 04:14, 13 November 2024
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    depicted as a very tame lioness or a cat. She is shown to the left atop an alabaster jar that contained precious oils and lotions. The name of the stone probably...
    75 KB (8,493 words) - 09:39, 24 October 2024
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    museum, with huge windows showing the bright red furniture against the alabaster white walls within. The materials used in the new museum included light-colored...
    60 KB (7,649 words) - 22:54, 19 October 2024
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    broad forehead, receding temples and bald patch. The three furrows on the brow make this a convincing portrait. The goddess Artemis/Diana dated to 190–200...
    66 KB (9,654 words) - 20:45, 5 April 2024
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    his whole estate. She was buried at Ewelme, Oxfordshire, in a "stunning alabaster monument". Edward IV died suddenly in April 1483, leaving his young son...
    37 KB (4,650 words) - 02:16, 9 June 2024
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    It is lucid, and at first appears as seamless and smooth as monumental alabaster." Harold Bloom, in 1987, claimed, "What moves me most about the superb...
    89 KB (12,703 words) - 04:11, 21 September 2024
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    Tuckingmill (Cornish: Talgarrek, meaning hill-brow of a rock) is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which is in the civil parish of Camborne...
    9 KB (1,018 words) - 23:34, 22 October 2024
  • figures was necessary to avoid see-through spots and made them resemble alabaster sculptures. To adapt to this appearance, several films featured Pierrot...
    118 KB (15,358 words) - 00:30, 18 November 2024
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    Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall (1606–1674/5), who erected a very elaborate alabaster monument to his first two wives in Eggesford Church. Although he produced...
    29 KB (3,497 words) - 18:57, 13 July 2024
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    church founded two chapels of ease in outlying villages: St Agnes' at Hill Brow, near Liss (still in use) and the Church of the Assumption at East Meon (closed...
    200 KB (10,802 words) - 14:19, 3 November 2024