Item Detail
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Wright, H. Curtis
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Book, Section
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2
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273
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273-34
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metal plates; stone box
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Gives a summary of numerous burials of metallic documents by a multitude of cultures. Many of these records were encased in stone boxes or other containers. Discoveries of metal documents in Alexandria have established an archaeological connection between practices of the Ptolemies and Mesopotamian kings. Various methods of preserving ancient records and writings in antiquity are researched and presented.