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This extremely well preserved Egyptian mummy is that of a man who lived during the Ptolemaic Period. His name, written hastily, can be read as either Pachery or Nenu; in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.

7 Surprising Uses for Mummies

Olduvai Gorge or Olduwai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa (eastern Serengeti Plain) Where fossil remains of more than 60 hominins provides the most continuous known record of human evolution. Mary Leakey and Louis Leakey made discoveries here. Archaeology

7 Amazing Historical Sites in Africa

Cleopatra hieroglyphic carving the Ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.

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Rijksmuseum building famous landmark in Amsterdam. Blue hour dusk evening illumination with tulip flowers in vases in pools.

7 Historic Buildings (and 1 Temporary Pavilion) in Amsterdam

Sunset over the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.

Were All Egyptian Pharaohs Buried in Pyramids?

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Born	February 24, 1897 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died	July 16, 1954 (aged 57) • London • England
Subjects Of Study	Mesopotamia • ancient Egypt • Mesopotamian religion • ancient Egyptian religion • civilization

Hormuzd Rassam

Assyriologist

Sir Leonard Woolley

British archaeologist

Layard, drawing by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Austen Henry Layard

British archaeologist

Paul-Émile Botta

French archaeologist

John Lloyd Stephens

American archaeologist

Edward Herbert Thompson

American archaeologist

George Andrew Reisner

American archaeologist

Akhenaten

king of Egypt

Ramses II

king of Egypt

Heinrich Schliemann

German archaeologist

Sir Flinders Petrie

British archaeologist

Snefru

king of Egypt

John Garstang

British archaeologist

Ramses IV

king of Egypt

Auguste Mariette

French archaeologist

Belzoni, oil painting by W. Brockedon; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Belzoni

Italian archaeologist

Horemheb

king of Egypt

Howard Carter

British archaeologist

Claude-Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

French archaeologist

Ernest de Sarzec

French archaeologist

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