Word: 52nd
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...developed. Before, they had been part of the religious rites of certain ceremonial, but from 530 B.C., they assumed a distinct national character. The Olympic games were a plan of unity for the whole race; Greece laid aside all internal feuds to join in participation of them. In the 52nd Dynasty the statue of a victor was first fashioned in wood. This was very rough, but when the ice was once broken, statues of athletes became immensely popular with all the artists. In fact, there is scarcely a vase to be found without an athlete portrayed upon it, even though...