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Artist’s impression of the Nike of Samothrace with head, arms, feet, and right wing restored.
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Cindy Meijer is a PhD student in Ancient History. Her research focuses on the political background of predictive texts from the Hellenistic Near East.
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Meijer, C. (2019, June 05). Artist’s impression of the Nike of Samothrace. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10878/artists-impression-of-the-nike-of-samothrace/
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Meijer, Cindy. "Artist’s impression of the Nike of Samothrace." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 05, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10878/artists-impression-of-the-nike-of-samothrace/.
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Meijer, Cindy. "Artist’s impression of the Nike of Samothrace." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 05 Jun 2019. Web. 15 Oct 2021.