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Who really owns the past? – Aeon

European tourists having a picnic in a temple in Egypt, 1898. Photo by LL/Roger Viollet/Getty Images   Mosul’s old city lies in ruins. A major section of the third largest city in Iraq has been destroyed by war. Two years … Continue reading

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Brazil . . . Sizzling SALVADOR & more

(ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY trotting tani) PREAMBLE If you have been reading my blogs, by now you would have figured that I write mostly about places frequented by ‘fewer people’ . . . places that are perhaps more exotic but … Continue reading

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