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Black-and-white image of a human skull, slightly deteriorated

Kromdraai, Sterkfontein, and Swartkrans, South Africa, located within the Cradle of Humankind, a region designated a World Heritage site in 1999.

reconstructed replica of “Mrs. Ples,” an Australopithecus africanus skull

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Archaeology Homo erectus Australopithecus africanus Paranthropus robustus Swartkrans Kromdraai Klasies Makapansgat Carthage Valley of the Kings Great Zimbabwe Abu Simbel Thebes Pyramids of Giza

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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