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Charles Darwin, carbon print photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868.

What Darwin Got Right (and Wrong) About Evolution

The Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, rises 79 feet (24 meters) above the plaza at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state, Mexico. The pyramid was built after invaders conquered the ancient Maya city in the tenth century.

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The Time Julius Caesar Was Captured by Pirates

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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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Ancient Mayan Calendar

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comparison with pradakshina

In pradakshina
…shoulder toward the central object—called prasavya, is observed in funeral ceremonies.
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