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    ✨ An Etruscan terracotta sarcophagus lid depicting one Larthia Seianti. 2nd century BCE, Near Chiusi, Italy. (Museo Archeologico Etrusco, Florence).  📷 Photo by Egisto Sani.  #Etruscan #Italy #History #AncientHistory #Sculpture
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    Kish was one of the most significant and politically prestigious city-states in ancient Mesopotamia. whe.to/ci/1-266-en/  #history worldhistory.org/kish/
    Kish: The First City of Political Prominence in History
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    ⚔️ Ninurta is the Sumerian and Akkadian hero-god of war, hunting, and the south wind.  📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark. 📷 Photos ©️ by the Trustees of the British Museum and Osama S.M. Amin.  #Ninurta #Mesopotamia #Iraq #History #AncientHistory #AncientWorld
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    The Battle of Guam, in the Mariana Islands, took place in July and August 1944 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). whe.to/ci/2-2980-en/  #history worldhistory.org/article/2980/b…
    Battle of Guam: The US Takes Back its Territory in WWII
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    📜 Throughout history, writing enabled societies to record trade, law, religion, and historical events. The undeciphered scripts featured here represent some of the largest remaining gaps in our knowledge of the ancient world.  ✍🏼 Infographic created by Simeon Netchev. #History
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