Birthplace of American booze: celebrating Washington's own whiskey distillery

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According to the first president George Washington, liquor was a business that he was entirely unacquainted with and he almost engaged in the distillery business at Mount Vernon after his service. The result from the latest excavation done by the archeologist, Esther White on the historic Mount Vernon shows that it was dismantled sometime in nineteenth century.

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The turquoise trail: Did an extensive trade network link the American Southwest with Mesaomerica?

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Turquoise, an opaque blue-green stone was valued by the people of ancient Southwest and Mesoamerica with a mark of high status and was prized for its ritual significance. An extensive trade in turquoise that went on between the Southwest and Mesoamerica is highlighted.

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A tangled journey home

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The pilferage and sale of ancient Italian and Greek artifacts by the antique dealers Robert Hecht and Giacomo Medici are described. The terms for the return of these artifacts to Italy and Greece are discussed.

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