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Anthropology

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1. Siberia has a fascinating history.

Sat Dec 16, 2023, 08:02 PM

Dec 2023

Peter the Great outlawed the unauthorized excavation of ancient burial mounds and saved a lot of treasures from looters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Collection_of_Peter_the_Great

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Siberia has a fascinating history. barbaraann Dec 2023 #1

Amazing. Srkdqltr Dec 2023 #2

Couldn't be true. Some know-everything US congress-critters erronis Dec 2023 #3

Why don't they ask Keith Richards Jerry2144 Dec 2023 #4