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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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“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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2 of the 500-year-old Qilakitsoq Mummies that were found in Greenland in 1972. There were 6 women and 2 children, including a 6 month old baby boy , all of whom were fully dressed. It is thought that the child was either smothered or buried alive when the mother died

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2 of the 500-year-old Qilakitsoq Mummies that were found in Greenland in 1972. There were 6 women and 2 children, including a 6 month old baby boy , all of whom were fully dressed. It is thought that the child was either smothered or buried alive when the mother died

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Marie Antoinette's famed "Pink Diamond" that was hidden by the queen's hairdresser during the French Revolution before being passed to Antoinette's only surviving child, Marie-Thérèse. The 10.38-cart gemstone is now going to auction, where it's expected to fetch up to $5 million.

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Marie Antoinette's famed "Pink Diamond" that was hidden by the queen's hairdresser during the French Revolution before being passed to Antoinette's only surviving child, Marie-Thérèse. The 10.38-cart gemstone is now going to auction, where it's expected to fetch up to $5 million.

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In the late 6th century CE, Greece was frequently attacked by Slavs and Avars. So a group of people and children took refuge in the Andritsa cave, taking with them lamps, vases, coins and a bronze cross, but for reasons unknown they were trapped inside and their refuge became their grave

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In the late 6th century CE, Greece was frequently attacked by Slavs and Avars. So a group of people and children took refuge in the Andritsa cave, taking with them lamps, vases, coins and a bronze cross, but for reasons unknown they were trapped inside and their refuge became their grave

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Between 2008 and 2014, scientists rappelled down cliffs, in southern Spain, to reach a dozen bearded vulture nests and begin analyzing what was inside them. They discovered a 750-year-old shoe, along with more than 200 other human artifacts

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Between 2008 and 2014, scientists rappelled down cliffs, in southern Spain, to reach a dozen bearded vulture nests and begin analyzing what was inside them. They discovered a 750-year-old shoe, along with more than 200 other human artifacts

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A jade burial suit is a ceremonial suit made of pieces of jade in which royal members of China's Han dynasty were buried. The top one for example belongs to the king Liu Wu , and was made from more than 4,000 pieces of jade linked together with gold wire

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A jade burial suit is a ceremonial suit made of pieces of jade in which royal members of China's Han dynasty were buried. The top one for example belongs to the king Liu Wu , and was made from more than 4,000 pieces of jade linked together with gold wire

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The Pillow Abraham Lincoln died on. Cotton, Down feathers, and Blood. . Willie Clark, a 23-year-old U.S. Army clerk, who was celebrating the end of the war that night, returned home to discover the President had died in his bed.

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The Pillow Abraham Lincoln died on. Cotton, Down feathers, and Blood. . Willie Clark, a 23-year-old U.S. Army clerk, who was celebrating the end of the war that night, returned home to discover the President had died in his bed.

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