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James Henry Breasted

American archaeologist, Egyptologist and historian (1865–1935)

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    Kings and queens of ancient Egypt / portraits by Winifred Brunton ; history by eminent Egyptologists ; foreword by Professor J.H. Breasted.

    | Date: [pref. 1924]
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    The Edwin Smith papyrus : the oldest surgical treatise in the world / by M Kamel Hussein.

    Muḥammad Kāmil Ḥusayn | Date: [19??]
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    The Edwin Smith papyrus : an Egyptian medical treatise of the seventeenth century before Christ / James Henry Breasted.

    James Henry Breasted | Date: 1923
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    The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus : published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary in two volumes / by James Henry Breasted.

    | Date: 1930
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    A history of Egypt, from the earliest times to the Persian conquest / [James Henry Breasted].

    James Henry Breasted | Date: 1921

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