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Word: magdalenaberg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...along the corridor which these cases form is the building's air raid shelter where all employees will go in the event of a bombing attack. Then, on a lower floor, there are the remains selected from the contents of 300 graves excavated in the famous cemetery of Magdalenaberg, Jugoslavia, by Her Highness, the Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenberg, during the early twentieth century. The Peabody bought these objects, and the Duchess's descendants, regarding them as family heirlooms, have been regretting the sale ever since...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: THE LIVING EXPLORE THE DEAD AT PEABODY | 5/27/1942 | See Source »

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