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| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
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Row of shops. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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Martin's Tavern where JFK proposed to Jacqui. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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Inside Martin's Tavern. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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Stone house. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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Main road. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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A canal with locks. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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Houses by the canal. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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The Potomac River. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
Georgetown |
|
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The Watergate complex. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
The Museum of African American History is in a cubic building. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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The interior is very modern and has three levels below ground. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Level C3 looks at Slavery and begins with Africa before the arrival of Europeans. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Slaves were bound in shackles and transported in ships where many died. Between 1562 and 1807 Great Britain transported 3.3 million people from Africa to the Americas where they were turned into slaves. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Thomas Jefferson had hundreds of slaves while writing the Declaration of Independence and being President of the USA. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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The auction block where people were bought and sold like animals. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Slave auction being advertised. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Cowskin whip used by women slave owners. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
A woman leaves two negro slaves to her son in her will. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Many slaves ran away. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Slave tags. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Quilted skirt made by slave women to wear while working. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 where Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. In actuality, black people replaced slavery with apartheid. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) won her freedom in 1827 after being a slave for 30 years. She became a feminist writer and activist. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Level C2 looks at Segregation. These are the so-called "Jim Crow" laws that legalised apartheid in large areas of the USA. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Water drinking fountains were segregated. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
The Ku Klux Klan was set up to maintain white supremacy. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Lynching in the USA, a country that proclaims itself "the leader of the free world" and is quick to criticise the human rights record of others. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Racial stereotypes are used to dehumanise people. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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At the beginning of the 20th century, black culture begins to assert itself. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Ophelia De Vore became a fashion icon after migrating from the South. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Miniature Quran of Elijah Muhammad. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Schools, transport and entertainment was segregated until the 1960s. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Rosa Parks' dress; she began the bus boycott of Montgomery, Alabama by refusing to give up her seat in a city bus to a white person. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Rosa Parks was arrested for not obeying the racist laws of Alabama. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Car pooling to avoid using the segregated buses in Alabama. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Four US marshals escort Ruby Bridges to be the first black child in an all white school in New Orleans. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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The Ku Klux Klan resist the social changes towards equality. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by Lyndon B Johnson. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Glass shards from the bombing of a Birmingham (Alabama) church in 1963 that killed four black girls. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Bucket used by Martin Luther King to soak his feet after a five day march from Selma to Montgomery. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Apartheid signs. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Sign in segregated bus. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Hotels were segregated. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Level C1 is post 1968 and begins with the assassination of Martin Luther King. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Oprah Winfrey is a major black interviewer. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Barak Obama was the first black President in the USA. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Black music with African rhythms and improvisation becomes mainstream. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Jimi Hendrix's electric pedals and lyrics to "Gypsy Sun". |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Kimono worn by Jimi Hendrix on stage. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Herbie Hancock's moog. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Black NASA computer programmers and mathematicians. Their role was hidden from the public until the 2010s. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Black Green Lantern. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Star Trek costume worn by Nichelle Nichols as Lt Nyota Uhura. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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The top level exhibits black culture. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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The Tin Man from "The Wiz" a black adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" from 1975. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Chuck Berry's Cadillac from 1973, one of many he owned. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
 |
Lightning Hopkin's electric guitar. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Fats Domino's shoes. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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1971 costume worn on stage by Jermaine Jackson. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Bo Diddley's hat and guitar. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Jacket worn by Little Richard. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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"Hound Dog" recorded originally by Big Mama Thornton. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Chuck Berry's guitar. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Charlie Parker's King Super 20 saxophone. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Jimi Hendrix's waist coat and Marshall amp. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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James Brown's stage cape. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Louis Armstrong's Selmer trumpet. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Earth, Wind and Fire stage costume. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Dizzy Gillespie's Pudgy trumpet. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Ella Fitzgerald's dress. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Sammy Davis Junior's tap shoes. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Miles Davis' waist coat. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Museum of African American History |
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Dress worn by Dianna Ross in "Lady Sings the Blues". |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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The Natural History Museum. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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No guns allowed. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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The fossil section. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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Fossil with reptile and bird features. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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Head of a carniverous dinosaur. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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The Hope Diamond from India dominates the gemstones room. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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The Whitney Flame Topaz. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
 |
The Shepherd Diamond. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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Emerald worn by Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph who was briefly Emperor of Mexico. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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The Kimberly Diamond once appeared in the TV series, "Ironside". |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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Diamond ear rings worn by French Queen, Marie Antoinette when she was arrested. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
|
Natural History Museum |
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20 million year old butterfly caught in amber. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
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|
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Double decker train from Virginia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
|
Washington DC |
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|
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The Potomac River between the District of Columbia and Virginia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Rosslyn |
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|
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Rosslyn is on the West side of the Potomac River which is in the state of Virginia. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
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Alexandria |
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|
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The George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
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Mount Vernon |
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|
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Mount Vernon is the location of George Washington's Estate. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
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Mount Vernon |
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|
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Mount Vernon has many gardens. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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George Washington owned slaves: these are the slave quarters. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The women's quarters: women spun cotton if they were old or after child birth. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The women's quarters: children slept on the floor. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The women's quarters: several families lived and slept in a single dormatory. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The women's quarters: cooking facilities. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The shoemaker made footware for the slaves. The Washingtons imported shoes from Europe. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The men's quarters. Even married couples lived apart. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The blacksmith: most items were imported from Britain but were repaired here. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
Virginia |
|
Mount Vernon |
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|
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The blacksmith: the temperature could reach 1400C. |
2024 |
were added from 1 February 2025.