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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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Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet
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Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan
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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Normandy Invasion: Omaha Beach. World War II. D-Day. Infographic. SPOTLIGHT VERSION
Facts and Figures About the Landings on Omaha Beach During the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944
Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.
How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials
Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day
Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

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New Zealand Parliament suspends 3 Māori Party lawmakers who performed haka protest • June 5, 2025, 9:46 PM ET (AP)
A controversial flag invited art gallery visitors to 'please walk on me.' It lasted 19 days • May 30, 2025, 10:04 AM ET (AP)
How uproar over a Māori haka, beloved in New Zealand life, sowed chaos and gridlock in Parliament • May 20, 2025, 7:33 AM ET (AP)

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Māori performing kapa haka
Māori woman, c. 1890–1920
Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao
Māori meetinghouse
Detail of a carving on a Maori meetinghouse in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand.
Māori hei-tiki neck ornament
Māori carving, Rotorua
carvings; Māori meetinghouse, New Zealand
Maori masks, New Zealand.
Māori meetinghouse, New Zealand
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Wiremu Kīngi
Māori chief
Alfred Domett
prime minister of New Zealand
Āpirana Ngata
Āpirana Ngata
New Zealand politician
Māui Pōmare
Māui Pōmare
Māori statesman
Anne Salmond
New Zealand anthropologist and historian
Buck, Sir Peter
Sir Peter Buck
Māori anthropologist, physician, and politician
Sir Raymond Firth
New Zealand anthropologist