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Grains of corn, from Gourna

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An image of Organic remains. Food. Grains of corn. Find Spot: Gourna. Production: Egypt.

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Organic remains. Food. Grains of corn. Find Spot: Gourna. Production: Egypt.

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  • Accession Number: E.165.1891
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 190.64kB
  • Exposure time: 1/17
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2012:01:20 11:10:06

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Ancient Egypt antiquity cereal corn Egyptian Fitz_ANT food Gourna grains grains of corn Gurna Kurna Qurna Qurnah Qurneh

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