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Her adventure around the south Asian country took her to Rishikesh in the north, the ancient temple towns of Pushkar and Hampi and India's largest city Mumbai.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The name Israel was chosen, in 1948, as it was the ancient biblical name of the Jewish people and the kingdom associated with the land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The Wyoming Craton is an ancient, stable block of Earth's lithosphere that extends beneath parts of Wyoming and neighboring states.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Dizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New Delhi relies on for protection from furnace-hot desert winds.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
All three children were quite correct, for the British Museum had recently been given a new entrance that looked like something out of ancient Greece.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing ancient
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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It's Lit: Hanukkah Words
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"The People Could Fly," Vocabulary from the folk tale
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