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| Furtwängler, Adolf |
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(ä´dôlf f rt´v ng-l r) (KEY) , 18531907, German archaeologist, authority on ancient vases and gems. He made important excavations at Olympia, Aegina, and Orchomenus and wrote the authoritative Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik [masterpieces of Greek sculpture] (1893), of which a smaller edition was later translated into English. |
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