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  1. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, and NELC, University of California, Los Angeles, 308 Charles Young Drive North, Box 951510, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1510, USA

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Barnard, H. (2014). Maps and Mapmaking in Ancient Egypt. In: Selin, H. (eds) Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5_8718-3

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