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LEADER: 02541cam a22005411 4500
001 ocm00398098
003 OCoLC
005 20200617073922.1
008 720107s1962 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 61017411
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029 1 $aAU@$b000000641990
029 1 $aHEBIS$b082359946
029 1 $aNLGGC$b784566224
029 1 $aNZ1$b3577
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029 1 $aZWZ$b01498802X
035 $a(OCoLC)00398098
043 $afl-----
050 00 $aDT115$b.F3
082 00 $a913.32
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aFairservis, Walter Ashlin,$d1921-1994.
245 14 $aThe ancient kingdoms of the Nile and the doomed monuments of Nubia.
260 $aNew York,$bCrowell$c[1962]
300 $a271 pages$billustrations$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aMentor books ;$vMT460
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"A noted archaeologist and anthropologist describes the stone records of many lost civilizations as he plots the historical course of the river from the empires of the pharaohs in Egypt to the British Empire in the Sudan. His urgent plea is that the great monuments of Nubia, imposing records of man's ancient past, be saved from the waters of the dam now being built by the United Arab Republic."--Back cover.
505 0 $aThe birthland of the Nile -- Prologue to civilization -- Pyramid kings and dwarfs -- Forts along the belly of stones -- Imperial civilization -- The pharaohs of Kush -- Islam and England -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: The dam statistics -- Appendix II: The first salvage program in 1907.
590 $bArchive
651 0 $aNile River Valley$xHistory.
651 0 $aNubia$xAntiquities.
650 7 $aAntiquities.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00810745
651 7 $aAfrica$zNubia.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01215273
651 7 $aNile River Valley.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01274166
651 7 $aNil, Vallée du$xHistoire.$2ram
651 7 $aNubie$xHistoire.$2ram
651 4 $aNubia$xAntiquities.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776 08 $iOnline version:$aFairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994.$tAncient kingdoms of the Nile and the doomed monuments of Nubia.$dNew York, Crowell [1962]$w(OCoLC)644077218
830 0 $aMentor book ;$vMT460.
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n61017411
994 $a92$bCST
976 $a10011419562