PHOENICIANS
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Book Overview
One of the great enigmas of the ancient world, the Phoenicians were both lauded and despised in antiquity. They were celebrated as learned scribes who passed on the modern alphabet, as skilled... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0714120952
ISBN13:9780714120959
Release Date:December 1999
Publisher:BRITISH MUSEUM
Weight:1.68 lbs.
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Upside Down You're Turning Me
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This otherwise well-written and lavishly illustrated book contains a major disappointment for serious students of Phoenician history: A photograph of the famous Nora Stele from Sardinia, one of the oldest Phoenician inscriptions, is printed upside down! Not only that, but the inscriptions's allusion to the biblical Tarshish has been cropped from the photo. This important inscription should have been reproduced in its entirety and right side up.
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