Djedefre's water mountain: Phases of degradation

Rock Art Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Berger, Friedrich ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dakhla; Degradation; Djedefre; Khufu; Rock art; Sahara

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650222286     PISSN: 08130426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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