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  • pages viewable Jacobson, Howard 1940- Allen, Joel Stevens (2008). The Despoliation of Egypt: In Pre-rabbinic, Rabbinic and Patristic Tradition. Brill. p...
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    other Ippolito d'Este, also a cardinal. He is perhaps best known for his despoliation of the then 1,400-year-old Hadrian's Villa, built by the Roman emperor...
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    and stone were also removed in vast quantities. The chronicle of the despoliation was written by Michael Sherbrook, a priest and rector of nearby Wickersley...
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    given to the state in exchange. The controversial practice of temple "despoliation", however, was a regular occurrence under the Seleucids—in contrast to...
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    was found guilty in 1882 of "complicity with resurrectionists in the despoliation of graves in Lebanon Cemetery". The teaching of anatomy in Britain was...
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    (15 ft) finial at the top of the main dome was also removed during the Jat despoliation. By the late 19th century, parts of the buildings had fallen into disrepair...
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    in 1550 and 1551 for Saint Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace. The despoliation is also confirmed in a petition by the citizenry of Pola to the procurators...
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    ashes. The clan system of the Manchus in Aigun was obliterated by the despoliation of the area at the hands of the Russians. Much of the fighting in the...
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  • through greed, complicity, and cowardice, into unforgivable acts of despoliation and violence." Niles Schwartz's review focuses on the film's theological...
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    others were paired and spread across the façades or used as altars. Despoliation continued in later centuries, notably during the Venetian–Genoese Wars...
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    monastery with the decrease in income caused by later impositions and the despoliation of the monastic treasure by Hereward," see Tebbs, Herbert F. Peterborough:...
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  • to recycle electronic waste dumped it in China, leading to ecological despoliation and health concerns." Documentary Reporting Stefan Forbes Independent...
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    accounts and architectural recording of the structure along with its despoliation by antique collectors. Perhaps the greatest damage to the edifice came...
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  • Trofimena is a female saint canonised in the Roman Catholic Church. Originally from the town of Patti in Sicily (and closely connected to the figure of...
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    Boxers.The clan system of the Manchus in Aigun was obliterated by the despoliation of the area at the hands of the Russian invaders. There were 1,266 households...
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    miles from Altinum. After Altinum was abandoned there was a gradual despoliation of its buildings and cemetery stones for use as building materials in...
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    the increasing demand. In France many churches and cathedrals suffered despoliation during the French Revolution. During the 19th century a great number...
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  • statements on themes that would come to dominate her fiction, in which despoliation of the planet is explicitly linked to gender and social inequalities...
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    rebellion. The clan system of the Manchus in Aigun was obliterated by the despoliation of the area at the hands of the Russian invaders. In German South-West...
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  • : 4  The clan system of the Manchus in Aigun was obliterated by the despoliation of the area at the hands of the Russian invaders. By the 19th century...
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