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James Madison
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James Madison - Father of the Constitution

James Madison (1751-1836) was a statesman, diplomat, and a Founding Father of the United States, who served as the fourth US president from 1809 to 1817. He played an important role in the drafting of the United...
Henry Clinton
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Henry Clinton

Sir Henry Clinton (l. c. 1730-1795) was a British military officer who served as commander-in-chief of the British Army in the later stages of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Having arrived in Boston in May 1775, he...
James II of England
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James II of England

James II of England (r. 1685-1688) reigned briefly as the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland until he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution of November 1688. James, also known as James VII of Scotland, was the fourth Stuart...
Gaspee Affair
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Gaspee Affair

The Gaspee Affair was an incident that occurred on 10 June 1772, when a group of American colonists from Rhode Island seized and burned the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee after it had run aground. The affair contributed to the worsening...
Prehistoric Zorats Karer
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Prehistoric Zorats Karer

Zorats Karer in present-day Armenia is a prehistoric site, teeming with burials and standing stones (or "menhirs"). In total, there are 223 stones on the site.
The Sleeping Lady
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The Sleeping Lady

Temple Period, 4000 - 2500 BCE. This clay figure of a reclining lady was found in one of the pits of the Hypogeum in Hal Saflieni in Malta. It has traces of red ochre paint and is thought to represent a "mother goddess", even...
Upper Innisidgen Burial Chamber
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Upper Innisidgen Burial Chamber

This burial mound is found on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. This cairn is well-preserved with a substantial mound, a stone berk, and an intact inner chamber. Its precise date of construction is still...
Kermario Dolmen, Carnac
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Kermario Dolmen, Carnac

The Kermario Dolmen at Carnac, north-west France. The granite structure was created as a burial chamber and would have originally been completely covered by an earth mound. The megaliths of Carnac were built between 5,000...
Menhir Alignments, Carnac
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Menhir Alignments, Carnac

A section of the Carnac Alignments in north-west France. These granite stone menhirs were placed in long parallel lines sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE. Their purpose was most likely as markers of processional ways...
Carnac Alignments, France
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Carnac Alignments, France

A section of the Carnac Alignments in north-west France. These granite stone menhirs were placed in long parallel lines sometime between 5,000 and 3,000 BCE. Their purpose was most likely as markers of processional ways...
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