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Anthropology

Deuxcents

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5. What worries me is some of these treasures that have not been found and documented

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Sun Mar 2, 2025, 01:06 AM

Mar 2

Are in countries that have unstable governments. Sudan is in the midst of civil war and rival factions could destroy some of these structures. I remember when the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas in Afghanistan..a real tragedy.

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