The funeral pyre textile from royal tomb II in Vergina. Report on the 1997 documentation, treatment and display

Archaeological Textiles Newsletter

Volumn , Issue 44, 2007, Pages 5-10

  Moraitou, Georgianna ^a  

^a Ministry of Culture Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHIBITION; FIBER; FINISHING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; REMOVAL; TEXTILE ART; WARP; WEAVE; WEFT;

EID: 34347324013     PISSN: 01697331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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