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1904–78, British archaeologist, educated at Oxford. He participated in the British Museum–Univ. of Pennsylvania excavations at Ur (1925–30) and ...
(gästôN´ käm ´y shärl mäsp r ´) (KEY) , 1846–1916, French Egyptologist. He taught at the Collège de France and was director of archaeology...
5,344 ft (1,629 m) high, NE N.Y., in the Adirondack Mts.; highest peak in the state. Lake Tear of the Clouds, on its southern slope, is the source of ...
(m rdän´) (KEY) , city (1998 pop. 244,511), N Pakistan, on the Kalagarmi River. It is the site of a military cantonment and of a fort built (1854) b...
(märd ´n s) (KEY) , d. 479 B.C., Persian general; son-in-law of Darius I. Darius sent him (492 B.C.) to retaliate against Eretria and Athens for ai...
(mär´d k) (KEY) , ancient god of Babylonia and chief god of the city of Babylon. His cult rose to prominence in the reign of Hammurabi, and Marduk b...