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The World in Words

April 18, 2016 · 12:45 PM EDT

By Alina Simone

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An ancient Etruscan bronze statuette of Herakles dating from the 6th or 5th Century B.C.

An ancient Etruscan bronze statuette of Herakles dating from the 6th or 5th Century B.C. 

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