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When archaeologists opened the last of 8 sarcophagi in a recently discovered tomb, they didn't find any mummies, but instead uncovered valuable embalming materials and ancient woven flowers. Archaeologists had hoped the tomb, the first discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut's in 1922, would hold the mummy of Tut's mother; the graves of the rest of Tut's family have already been found.

DEFINITION: (noun) A recall of a recently sold product by the manufacturer to correct a defect. SYNONYMS: recall. USAGE: The manufacturer was forced to issue a callback of the toy when it was declared a choking hazard.

Although of a noble family, Barras joined the Jacobins in the French Revolution and was a member of the Convention. He participated in reprisals against counterrevolutionaries in Toulon after the recapture of the city from the British, and having turned against the revolutionary dictator Robespierre, Barras was a leader of the coup against him. In 1795, he suppressed a royalist uprising by turning the troops over to a young officer in whose marriage he later played a role; who was this officer?

Gone with the Wind is an American novel by Margaret Mitchell that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. It relates the story of a rebellious Georgia woman, named Scarlett O'Hara, and her travails with friends, family, and lovers in the midst of the antebellum South during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Many regard the book as having a strong ideological commitment to the cause of the Confederacy. How does the novel differ from its Academy-award-winning film adaptation?

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.

Located on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, Hoover Dam is 726 ft high and 1,244 ft long. It was built between 1931 and 1936 by the US Bureau of Reclamation and is named for President Herbert Hoover, though it was known as Boulder Dam from 1933-1947. A major supplier of hydroelectric power, the dam provides for flood control, river regulation, and improved navigation. In 1985, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. How much did it cost to build the dam?