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Excerpt from Les Pierres Grav�es de la Haute-Asie; Recherches sur la Glyptique Orientale, Vol. 1: Cylindres de la Chald�e
Chaldee, vastes empires, civilisations puissantes qui ont tour � tour f�cond� le monde. L'egypte, la premi�re, devait frapper les regards. Comment r�sister � la majest� imposante de ses ruines, qui marquent pendant soixante si�cles chaque �tape de sa longue vie? Comment �chapper au charme des premi�res lectures de cette �criture myst�rieuse qui r�v�lait du m�me coup une science, un art, une civilisation? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
