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The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1800 papyri that were carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (79 CE). IT'S the only surviving library from antiquity that exists in its entirety. With x-rays, these scrolls are being read for the first time in millennia

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Bust of Charlemagne that contains the top part of his skull, c. 1350. Louvre Museum. Learn more about Charlemagne: bit.ly/3au1L6W (https://bit.ly/3au1L6W)

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Ancient Egyptians believed cats had magical powers. Wealthy families hung jewelry & ornaments on their cats and dressed them in expensive clothes. They would treat cats just as they did pharaohs. If the cat died, it was embalmed.

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