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  • ARCHAEOLOGY

    VOICES FROM THE PAST

    May 08, 2020 2 minutes
    Jarrett A. Lobell Editor in Chief

    he words and thoughts expressed by individuals from past cultures do not always survive to our time. In many cases, the objects and monuments these people created have endured, but we have no evidence of what they thought about their

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