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| Title | The Migrations of Early Culture: A Study of the Significance of the Geographical Distribution of the Practice of Mummification as Evidence of the Migrations of Peoples and the Spread of Certain Customs and Beliefs Publications of the University of Manchester Volume 102 of Publications of the University of Manchester: Victoria University Issue 102 of University of Manchester publications |
| Author | Grafton Elliot Smith |
| Publisher | University Press, 1915 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 17, 2006 |
| Length | 143 pages |
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