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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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The Mystery of Morpheus
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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An indispensable organization
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
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And some bits and pieces.
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Weekend Roundup
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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No More Heroes.
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
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The First Roman Empress and More...
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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