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“I would rather be a dog’s or a pig’s wife than yours!”. A letter written by a Sogdian woman named Miwnay to her husband. Miwnay was abandoned by her husband in Dunhuang for 3 years and forced to be a servant with her daughter Shayn in a Chinese household. 313-314 CE, British Library

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“I would rather be a dog’s or a pig’s wife than yours!”. A letter written by a Sogdian woman named Miwnay to her husband. Miwnay was abandoned by her husband in Dunhuang for 3 years and forced to be a servant with her daughter Shayn in a Chinese household. 313-314 CE, British Library

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Husband Zhang Da and his wife Ye are judged guilty by the King Of Hell for the crime of drowning their three infant daughters. As punishment, he decrees they shall be reincarnated a pig and dog so that they may be slaughtered and eaten.

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Husband Zhang Da and his wife Ye are judged guilty by the King Of Hell for the crime of drowning their three infant daughters. As punishment, he decrees they shall be reincarnated a pig and dog so that they may be slaughtered and eaten.

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A trapped miner, named Jacob Vowell, wrote this letter in his notebook to his wife and mother to their 6 children before dying in the Fraterville Mine Disaster in Tennessee in 1902. Vowell's 14-year-old son Elbert was also trapped within the mine beside him

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A trapped miner, named Jacob Vowell, wrote this letter in his notebook to his wife and mother to their 6 children before dying in the Fraterville Mine Disaster in Tennessee in 1902. Vowell's 14-year-old son Elbert was also trapped within the mine beside him

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In 1864, a slave-turned-soldier named Spotswood Rice wrote the following letter to his former owner, Katherine Diggs, warning her that she would soon be seeing him again: he was returning to Missouri, together with an army of black soldiers, to rescue his still-enslaved children.

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In 1864, a slave-turned-soldier named Spotswood Rice wrote the following letter to his former owner, Katherine Diggs, warning her that she would soon be seeing him again: he was returning to Missouri, together with an army of black soldiers, to rescue his still-enslaved children.

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A 2,000-year-old Roman tombstone has been found in a New Orleans backyard, left there by the granddaughter of a U.S. soldier who brought it from Italy during World War II. The tombstone belonged to a Roman soldier and sailor named Sextus Congenius Verus.

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A 2,000-year-old Roman tombstone has been found in a New Orleans backyard, left there by the granddaughter of a U.S. soldier who brought it from Italy during World War II. The tombstone belonged to a Roman soldier and sailor named Sextus Congenius Verus.

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An 18th century BCE Old Babylonian letter written by the student Iddin-Sin to his mother Zinu, in which he complaints about the poor quality of clothes his mother sent him compared to those of his peers, noting that even the adopted son of one of his father's servants had better clothing

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An 18th century BCE Old Babylonian letter written by the student Iddin-Sin to his mother Zinu, in which he complaints about the poor quality of clothes his mother sent him compared to those of his peers, noting that even the adopted son of one of his father's servants had better clothing

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Tablet from Nineveh, letter from princess Serua-eterat, daughter of Esarhaddon and sister of Ashurbanipal, to Libbali-sharrat, wife of l Ashurbanipal, reprimending the future queen for not studying. 7th century BC. British Museum

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Tablet from Nineveh, letter from princess Serua-eterat, daughter of Esarhaddon and sister of Ashurbanipal, to Libbali-sharrat, wife of l Ashurbanipal, reprimending the future queen for not studying. 7th century BC. British Museum

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"Dante and Beatrice before the eagle of Justice" painted by the Italian painter Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia. From the Yates Thompson MS 36 of Dante's Divine Comedy, 1444-1450 CE, now housed at the British Library in London

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"Dante and Beatrice before the eagle of Justice" painted by the Italian painter Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia. From the Yates Thompson MS 36 of Dante's Divine Comedy, 1444-1450 CE, now housed at the British Library in London

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A relief of Ereshkigal, the Sumerian goddess of death and the underworld, which was created over 3,800 years ago in what's believed to be present day southern Iraq. It is now on display at the British Museum in London.

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A relief of Ereshkigal, the Sumerian goddess of death and the underworld, which was created over 3,800 years ago in what's believed to be present day southern Iraq. It is now on display at the British Museum in London.

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The "Princess of Khok Phanom Di" is the name given to a woman who was found buried at Khok Phanom Di in Thailand. The woman, who died 3600 years ago, was interred with over 120,000 beads, an anvil, burnishing stones, clay preforms, and pottery with exotic trace-element composition

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The "Princess of Khok Phanom Di" is the name given to a woman who was found buried at Khok Phanom Di in Thailand. The woman, who died 3600 years ago, was interred with over 120,000 beads, an anvil, burnishing stones, clay preforms, and pottery with exotic trace-element composition

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