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Medieval Triumph of Death, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo

Medieval Triumph of Death, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo

  Triumph of Death, ca. 1448, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo (Photo in public domain) By Patrick Hunt -  Plague in the Middle Ages was a constant specter of death...

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Africa’s Great Zimbabwe

Africa’s Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe's Great Enclosure (photo in public domain) By Patrick Hunt -  The Great Zimbabwe ruins in Zimbabwe form what is probably the greatest African...

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Holmul Excavation of Structure 1 in 2005 (Photo: Brianna Rego, 2005 by permission)

Archaeology in the Petén: The Early Classic Maya Site of Holmul in Guatemala

by Brianna Rego Holmul Excavation of Structure 1 in 2005 (Photo: Brianna Rego, 2005...

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Thinking in planetary time scales:   How modern technology helps us understand ancient episodes of climate change

Thinking in planetary time scales: How modern technology helps us understand ancient episodes of climate change

by James Geary Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland, 2007 (courtesy of Jo Simon, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License) When did human beings start changing...

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