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2. Ilocano people - Wikipedia

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   It is an ancient craft of terra-cotta pottery and remains a prominent industry in the region. The process involves the use of wooden paddles, and the clay must be kept away from sunlight. [135] [136] The process begins by soaking clay in water overnight and mixing it with sand the next morning.

3. Brahmi script - Wikipedia

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   A northern example of Brahmi epigraphy: ancient terracotta sculpture from Sugh "Child learning Brahmi", showing the first letters of the Brahmi alphabet, 2nd century BCE. [31] The Brahmi script is mentioned in the ancient Indian texts of the three major Dharmic religions: Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism, as well as their Chinese translations.

4. India - Wikipedia

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   India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [20] is a country in South Asia.It is the most populous country in the world and the seventh-largest by area.Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; [k] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the ...

5. History of art - Wikipedia

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   There was found a great bronze statue of a human figure which stands on a plinth decorated with abstract elephant heads. Besides the standing figure, the first two pits contained over 50 bronze heads, some wearing headgear and three with a frontal covering of gold leaf. Tubular bronze fragments with little branches were discovered here as well ...

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7. Uruk period - Wikipedia

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   The 'Eye Temple' (as its final stage is known) has walls decorated with terracotta cones which form a mosaic and with inlays of coloured stones and a platform which might have been an altar and is decorated with gold leaf, lapis lazuli, silver nails, and white marble in a central T-shaped room.

8. Dhunge dhara - Wikipedia

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   Dhunge Dhara is a Nepali term which literally means "stone faucet". Hiti is the term used by the native Newar people, which derives from the Classical Newar word iti, a term which is used in historical records from the Malla dynasty to refer to the hiti system.

9. 40 Wall Street - Wikipedia

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   [27] [30] The spandrels on the 52nd through 57th floors are made of terracotta; on the 58th through 60th floors, terracotta with buttresses; and on the 61st and 62nd floors, darker bricks with pediments and rhombus patterns. [27] The building's pyramidal roof is made of lead-coated copper, which over time has oxidized and turned green.