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Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

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lunar mansion

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Indian astrology

In astrology: In India
…significant elements the nakshatras (or lunar mansions), an elaborate system of three categories of yogas (or planetary combinations), dozens of different varieties of dashas (periods of the planets) and antardashas (subperiods), and a complex theory of ashtakavarga based on continuous horoscopy. The number of subdivisions of the zodiacal signs was…
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sky divisions

In astronomical map: Lunar mansions
Called hsiu in China and nakshatra in India, the lunar mansions are 28 divisions of the sky presumably selected as approximate “Moon stations” on successive nights. At least four quadrantal hsiu that divided the sky into quarters or quadrants were known in China…
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