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Cover Date: Jun / Jul 2020 | Volume 9 Issue Volume 9 Issue 5

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OPPOSITE The Great Wall of China can be truly spectacular. Here we see an iconic stretch of the Ming Great Wall, constructed of fired brick, at Jinshanling in Hebei Province. This, though, is just one of the most celebrated stretches of an incredibly long and complex monument. ABOVE Great Walls. A map showing the course of the various Chinese walls. BELOW Remains of the Han Dynasty Great Wall, constructed of rammed earth, roughly 85km north west of Jiayuguan, Gansu Province. Comparing this to the Ming Great Wall at Jinshanling illustrates how varied the appearance of different stretches could be.Long division: measuring the Chinese and Roman frontiersWhat steps did the Chinese and the Romans take to control their empires? Peter J Brown and David J Breeze have been examining the extraordinary…

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Post 1 image0 100 scaledLascaux IVAs far as I could tell, every minor contour of the original has been replicated, as of course have the paintings themselves.

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RIGHt This sculpted stucco Maya head excavated at Uxmal, Mexico, may have once decorated the House of the Governor.Infinity of NationsAround 700 objects from more than 200 Indigenous communities give a glimpse of the people who have interacted across these diverse environments over thousands of…