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Despite the barriers she faced as a working-class woman with little formal education, Mary Anning was one of the most influential fossil hunters of the 19th century. Born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, she made groundbreaking discoveries in paleontology, including the first complete Ichthyosaurus skeleton in 1811 and later the first complete Plesiosaurus. Her fossil […]
During the 19th century, many European nations pursued the construction of opulent cemeteries with elaborate architectural features and multitudes of mausolea. One of the grandest European cemeteries from this period is the Addolorata Cemetery on the island of Malta, which was part of the British Empire during most of the 19th century. This cemetery was […]