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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
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Camel at Khor Rori, Oman; mammal.
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Born June 14, 1798 • Czechoslovakia
Died May 26, 1876 (aged 77) • Prague • Czech Republic
Subjects Of Study Bohemia • Moravia • Slav

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Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček
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Rieger, detail from a lithograph by J. Bekel, 1849, after a portrait by Josef Mánes
František Ladislav Rieger
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Leo, count von Thun und Hohenstein
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prime minister of Austria
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Karl Marx
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David Hume
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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Tacitus
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Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
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