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The Most Accurate World Map for Three Centuries Of the ten...
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“Thou, Gilgamesh, let full be thy belly, Make thou merry by day and by night. Of each day make thou a feast of rejoicing, Day and night dance thou and play! Let thy garments be sparkling fresh, Thy...
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Maya Empire, Late Classic (600-900 AD) Source: Yaxchilan,...
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The ancient Greeks told stories about many strange creatures....
The ancient Greeks told stories about many strange creatures. Skylla was part-woman, part-sea-monster, with six dogs’ heads. Can you see them coming out of her waist? The writer Homer said that each...
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“Walker Evans began to photograph in the late 1920s,...
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