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- ↑ "Gough's Cave excavation". Natural History Museum, London. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
- ↑ Carter, Howard; Newberry, Percy E. (1904). The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV. Westminster: Constable.
- ↑ "Works of Art Collection Database". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Louis Leakey". Britannica.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.