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...laborers. But Trump cedes nothing to the original structure. He claims to have built "the largest (and most expensive) casino resort, convention center and entertainment complex constructed at one time," a great, glittery gumdrop on the Atlantic Ocean. India's Taj is, after all, just a tomb...
...corner lies a new grave, the bare earthen mound not yet pounded flat by rain. A miniature Christmas tree, a few cheap ornaments clinging to its brown branches, adorns the tomb. Two tiny Santas in plastic bags, a mud- spattered price tag still attached, poke up out of the dirt. No plaque marks this resting place, perhaps betraying a neglect born of the longing to forget...
Emily D.T. Vermeule, Zemurray and StoneRadcliffe professor, had a similar experience while exploring a Bronze Age site in Greece. "Some peasants came and said 'Want to see a nice tomb?' We all hopped on our horses and rode for two hours into the middle of nowhere. You couldn't see much [of the tomb] because the tomb had all collapsed," says Vermeule...
After an assistant had brushed debris off the tomb's wall, he discovered an inscription...
...there it was...a big Minoan mason's mark all over the facade of the tomb. It was the first time we ever understood that Cretan architects were building Greek tombs for Greek princes," says Vermeule...