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Lost cities, missing tombs, and unexplained occurrences. History still holds unanswered questions for these seven events.

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Shadi Bartsch It seems we’ve decided the humanities have less to give the human race — or more modestly, this country’s future — than the sciences. This is a serious mistake. The sciences and the ...

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