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Maspero

[ mas-puh-roh ]

/ mas pəˈroʊ /

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noun

Sir Gas·ton Ca·mille Charles

[gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl], /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/, 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.

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Words nearby Maspero

mason wasp, Masora, Masorah, Masorete, Masoretic, Maspero, mas. pil., Masqat, masque, masque biliaire, masquer

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How to use Maspero in a sentence

That evening became known as the Maspero Massacre, a reference to the state TV building around which the marchers gathered.
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I met him at the Coptic Hospital when I went to visit the Maspero injured.
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His leg had been smashed—not in Maspero but in an earlier clash with the military in March.
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Such men as Breasted of Chicago, and Maspero, would probably take from three hundred to five hundred years from this date.
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The following paragraphs taken from the history of M. Maspero give all the necessary information in a brief form.
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When cross-examined by such questioners as M. Maspero the pyramids will tell us much.
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In such general explanations as are unavoidable we shall content ourselves with paraphrasing M. Maspero.
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See the fine hymns quoted and translated by M. Maspero in his Histoire ancienne, pp. 30-37.
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