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Featured Article: Lothal
Lothal (Mound or Tell of the Dead) was one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization. Located in the modern state of GujarÄt and dating from 2400 B.C.E., it stands as one of India's most important archaeological sites of that era. A vital and thriving trade center in ancient times, its trade of beads, gems, and valuable ornaments reached the far corners of West Asia and Africa. Discovered in 1954, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) excavated Lothal from February 13, 1955 to May 19, 1960.
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ToshirŠMifune April 1, 1920 – December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 post-World War II feature films. Hired as an actor at Toho Studios he was soon collaborating with director Akira Kurosawa. Their film Rashomon won the Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, assuring international fame for both Kurosawa and Mifune. Mifune often portrayed a gruff-voiced, coarse and unpredictable samurai or ronin, and has been credited with originating the "roving warrior" archetype.
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Historians invented the phrase "Weimar Republic" for the government of Germany from 1919 to 1933 officially called Deutsches Reich, usually translated as "The German Reich" (source: Weimar Republic)
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