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a la izquierda

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9. And this is why I'm a historian, and not an archaeologist.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 06:15 PM

Oct 2012

I can't handle having to wait. History has already happened, and it's mine (and anyone else's) to write about.

Thanks for the pictures. I will spend a month in Europe next year, and then a month in Mexico. After a short research obligation, I'm off to Palenque, Bonampak, and Yaxchilan.

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