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The Tale of Sinuhe and other ancient Egyptian poems, 1940-1640 BC 西努赫的故事和其他古埃及诗歌，公元前1940-1640年

IF 0.3 3区历史学

JOURNAL OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY Pub Date : 1998-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/3822228

R. Parkinson

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