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Name of Alexander the Great in Egyptian hieroglyphs . Since Alexander was Macedonian, his cartouche is phonetic - all of the hieroglyphs used are uniliteral signs, which means that they correspond to a single sound, just like a letter in the alphabet.

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Name of Alexander the Great in Egyptian hieroglyphs . Since Alexander was Macedonian, his cartouche is phonetic - all of the hieroglyphs used are uniliteral signs, which means that they correspond to a single sound, just like a letter in the alphabet.

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A photograph from 1911 showing the excavation of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis in Turkey. Construction of the temple, which is the fourth largest Ionic temple in the world, began around 334 BCE, soon after Alexander the Great liberated Sardis from the Persians

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A photograph from 1911 showing the excavation of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis in Turkey. Construction of the temple, which is the fourth largest Ionic temple in the world, began around 334 BCE, soon after Alexander the Great liberated Sardis from the Persians

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These 3rd century CE medallions were found by chance in Egypt in 1902 and formed part of a hoard of 20 medallions, 600 gold coins and 20 stamped gold ingots. The medallions were commissioned to honor Emperor Caracalla, representing him as the descendant of Alexander the Great

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These 3rd century CE medallions were found by chance in Egypt in 1902 and formed part of a hoard of 20 medallions, 600 gold coins and 20 stamped gold ingots. The medallions were commissioned to honor Emperor Caracalla, representing him as the descendant of Alexander the Great

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The amethyst scarab bracelet of Tutankhamun , found in his tomb in a beautiful cartouche shaped box with other fine pieces of jewelry. Now housed at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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The amethyst scarab bracelet of Tutankhamun , found in his tomb in a beautiful cartouche shaped box with other fine pieces of jewelry. Now housed at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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Blades obtained from a single "livre de beurre" flint core c. 4500 BP, Neolithic. The core was shaped like a short fat baguette ~10" long from which extremely long blades were produced by indirect percussion. The unusually pure flint that allowed this came from...

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Blades obtained from a single "livre de beurre" flint core c. 4500 BP, Neolithic. The core was shaped like a short fat baguette ~10" long from which extremely long blades were produced by indirect percussion. The unusually pure flint that allowed this came from...

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