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... that the
Fayum mummy portraits
(pictured)
are stunningly realistic portraits that were attached the
upper class
mummies
in
Roman Egypt
?
... that in the 3rd century BC
Eratosthenes
used
arc measurement
between
Alexandria
and Syene (modern
Aswan
) to accurately calculate
Earth's circumference
?
... that arguably only two empires, the
Roman Empire
and the
Ottoman Empire
, separate Ancient Egypt from
World War I
?
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