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Mesopotamian Religion. Cuneiform tablet in the British Museum, London, England, 7th Century BC, describing the Flood Epic, a deluge story in the Epic of Gilgamesh added as Tablet XI to the ten original tablets of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who copied or altered parts of the flood story from the Epic of Atrahasis. (flood tablet, Neo Assyrian, clay tablet)

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Poker game. Card game. Royal Flush in poker. Hearts suit gambling

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Clouds of smoke rise from fires at the World Trade Center Towers as a result of terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Photographed 9:54 am in Lower Manhattan.

Timeline of the September 11 Attacks

The starting line-up at the first ever Indianapolis 500 motor race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, 1911.

The First Indy 500: A Spectacular Start in 1911

American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.

What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Panoramic view of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

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Popol Vuh Kojiki Nihon shoki Imitation of Christ The Antiquities of the Jews Institutes of the Christian Religion Shulḥan ʿarukh Our Bodies, Ourselves The Book of the Dun Cow Smectymnuus