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Taken from the text of the Nestorian Stele:
en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Nestorian_Monument:_An_Ancient_Record_of_Christianity_in_China/Translation_of_the_Nestorian_Inscription
Translation of the Nestorian Inscription by Jingjing, translated by Alexander Wylie
Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist
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By 三猎 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54442030
Pagoda By J. Coster - Photographed by J. Coster on visit to the pagoda on May 31, 2003.copyright J. Coster. Thanks, Jcoster 06:14, 13 Aug 2003 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6376071
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Taken from the text of the Nestorian Stele:
en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Nestorian_Monument:_An_Ancient_Record_of_Christianity_in_China/Translation_of_the_Nestorian_Inscription
Translation of the Nestorian Inscription by Jingjing, translated by Alexander Wylie
Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist
Image Credits:
By 三猎 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54442030
Pagoda By J. Coster - Photographed by J. Coster on visit to the pagoda on May 31, 2003.copyright J. Coster. Thanks, Jcoster 06:14, 13 Aug 2003 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6376071





![Ivar and Björn Avenge Ragnars Death // 12th Century Extracts from Saxo Grammaticus and Krákumál
Here we have two extracts - one from Krákumál, a medieval Scottish poem from the 12th century giving the final words of Ragnar Lothbrok - and an extract from the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, which relates what happened next - and the bloody punishment his sons meted out upon his killer.
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![Herodotus on The Pyramids // The Histories 440 BC // Ancient Greek Primary Source
Here we have The Father of History Herodotus relating to us his understanding of the story of the pyramids at Giza, specifically those of Cheops (the Greek version of Khufu) and his son Chephron (Khafra).
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