The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 57National Geographic Society, 1930 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 94
... lapis lazuli , the head and legs of gold . For the first time , this heraldic symbol has emerged in the round and is reminiscent of the ram caught in a thicket , vouchsafed by God to Abraham as a substitute sacrifice for Isaac ( Genesis ...
... lapis lazuli , the head and legs of gold . For the first time , this heraldic symbol has emerged in the round and is reminiscent of the ram caught in a thicket , vouchsafed by God to Abraham as a substitute sacrifice for Isaac ( Genesis ...
Page 116
... lapis lazuli . The weight of the soil above has crushed one side a little . The photograph was made before restoration ( see illustration , page 114 ) . The Sumerian Moon God is called " the young bull of heaven " and the crescent horns ...
... lapis lazuli . The weight of the soil above has crushed one side a little . The photograph was made before restoration ( see illustration , page 114 ) . The Sumerian Moon God is called " the young bull of heaven " and the crescent horns ...
Page 128
... lapis lazuli , silver plat- ing and gold bands alternately . Along it were shell rings attached to shell knobs . This may have been a collapsible tent , a conjecture supported by the fact that against it lay a number of women less bril ...
... lapis lazuli , silver plat- ing and gold bands alternately . Along it were shell rings attached to shell knobs . This may have been a collapsible tent , a conjecture supported by the fact that against it lay a number of women less bril ...
Contents
An Expedition on the ChinaTibet Frontier to | 131 |
Sumatra A Ribbon of Color on the Equator 25 illustrations in color from autochromes | 186 |
Cirenaica | 325 |
Copyright | |
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