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Rosetta Stone

Illustration shows the Rosetta Stone as it sits on a pedestal, 1800s. The stone contains identical text in three languages, hieroglyphs, Egyptian, and ancient Greek, and was deciphered by French linguist Jean-Francois Champollion. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s

Recruitment illustration of a Black Union regiment of soldiers and their White commanding officer, labeled 'Come and join us, brothers,' 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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The Lawn At The University Of Virginia

Engraving shows the main lawn and quadrangle of the campus of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1830s. The Thomas Jefferson-designed rotunda at the head of the lawn burned in 1895 and was replaced by a Stanford White design which was itself replaced by a reconstruction of the original in 1976. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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