Image Hieroglyph Text from Teti I pyramid.jpg thumb Pyramidtexts from Teti I s pyramid. The PyramidTexts are a collection of ancient Egypt ian religious text s from the time of the Old Kingdom . The pyramidtexts are the oldest known religious texts in the world. ref Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete ... , the pyramidtexts were carved on the walls and sarcophagus sarcophagi of the pyramids at Saqqara ... . The oldest of the texts date to between 2400 2300 BC. ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id 6VBJeCoDdTUC&pg PA1&dq 2353 2323 22pyramid texts 22&ei FW BSL rCpTyiwGJrcG8DQ&sig ACfU3U1 mbNrZ44kBagmG86DWq7eAKXu1g last Allen first James isbn 1589831829 title The Ancient Egyptian PyramidTexts ref Unlike the Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead into which parts of the pyramidtexts later evolved, the pyramidtexts were reserved only for the pharaoh and were not illustrated. ref name Lichtenstein ... Palermo Stone , the pyramidtexts mark the next oldest known mention of Osiris , who would ... , of the pyramidtexts are primarily concerned with protecting the pharaoh s remains, reanimating ... of his queens, and Teti . Kurt Heinrich Sethe Kurt Sethe s first edition of the pyramidtexts contained ... from the PyramidTexts. More specifically, it seems to come from http www.sacred texts.com egy pyt ... which contains many references to the PyramidTexts, including the Cannibal Hymn. See also Coffin ... O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian PyramidTexts , ISBN 0 85668 297 7, 1969. Oxford University Press, hardcover reprint ISBN 0 19 815437 2. James P. Allen, The Ancient Egyptian PyramidTexts , ISBN ... egy pyt index.htm Samuel A. B. Mercer translation of the PyramidTexts http www.aldokkan.com pyramid text pyramid text.htm Egyptian PyramidTexts from Aldokkan cite web url http www.sofiatopia.org maat wenis.htm title The Complete PyramidTexts of King Unas, Unis or Wenis http www.pyramidtextsonline.com PyramidTexts Online Read the texts insitu. Hieroglyphs & translation. http www.liv.ac.uk ... more details
other Pyramid disambiguation Infobox islands name The Pyramid native name image name image caption locator map Chatham Islands map topo en.svg thumb map caption Map showing location of The Pyramid nickname location coordinates archipelago Chatham Islands total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population 0 population as of density km2 ethnic groups country New Zealand additional info The Pyramid is a small island south of Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands group of New Zealand . See also List of islands of New Zealand References references External links Chatham Islands OutlyingNZ geo stub coord missing New Zealand Category Islands of the Chatham Islands Category Uninhabited islands of New Zealand ... more details
About pyramid shaped structures the geometric term Pyramid geometry other uses File Giza pyramids.JPG ... thumb right Pyramid of the Moon , Teotihuacan File Koh Ker temple 2007 .jpg thumb right ... Spain A pyramid from Greek language Greek pyramis ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text ... the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces at least four face geometry faces including the base . The square pyramid , with square base and four triangular outer surfaces, is a common version. A pyramid s design, with the majority of the weight ... on top means that less material higher up on the pyramid will be pushing down ... were pyramids first the Red Pyramid in the Dashur Necropolis and then the Great Pyramid of Khufu .... Khufu s Pyramid is built entirely of limestone, and is considered an architectural masterpiece. It contains ... cardinal points precisely and it has an angle of 52 degrees. The original height of the Pyramid ... to build houses and Mosques in Cairo. It is still the tallest pyramid. The largest pyramid in the world ever built, by volume , is the Great Pyramid of Cholula , in the Mexico Mexican state of Puebla . This pyramid is still being excavated. Ancient monuments See also List of ancient pyramids by country disambiguation Pyramid shaped structures were built by many ancient civilizations. Mesopotamia The Mesopotamia ... that the Ancient Egyptian word for pyramid was mer . work The New York Times date 2008 11 17 accessdate ... author1 Lehner, Mark date 2008 03 25 ref The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest in Egypt ... date 2004 09 09 accessdate 2010 04 12 ref The Great Pyramid of Giza was one of the Seven Wonders ... thumb right Pyramid of Hellinikon There are also at least two surviving pyramid like structures still available to study, one at Pyramid of Hellinikon Hellenikon and the other at Ligourio Ligurio ... more details
. ref name BOD Content In contrast to the PyramidTexts which focus on the celestial realm , the coffin texts emphasize the subterranean elements of the afterlife ruled by Osiris , in a place called ..., that lead to Rostau and the abode of Osiris. ref name BOD See also PyramidTexts Book of the Dead ...Image Coffin of Gua.jpg thumb Middle Kingdom sarcophagus with the Coffin Texts painted on its panels The Coffin Texts are a collection of ancient Egypt ian funerary spells written on coffins beginning in the First Intermediate Period . The texts are derived in part from the earlier pyramidtexts , reserved for royal use only, but they contain substantial new material related to everyday desires that reflects the fact that the texts were now used by the common people. Ordinary Egyptians who could afford to have a coffin had access to these funerary spells and the pharaoh no longer had exclusive ... 1994 ref As the modern name of this collection of some 1,185 spells implies, the texts are mostly ... with which the deceased must contend. The spells in the Coffin Texts allow the deceased to protect ... texts is the notion that all people will be Judgement afterlife judged by Osiris and his council according to their deeds in life. The texts allude to the use of a Weighing of the Heart balance , which became the pivotal moment of judgment in the later Book of the Dead . The texts address common ... Egyptian Coffin Texts , ISBN 0 85668 754 5, 3 vols., 1972 78. The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, Erik Hornung, ISBN 0 8014 8515 0 External links http aldokkan.com pyramid text coffin text.htm Coffin Texts http texts.00.gs Coffin Texts, 1.htm The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts , Part I http texts.00.gs Coffin Texts, 2.htm The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts , Part II http texts.00.gs Coffin Texts, 3.htm The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts , Part III Category Ancient Egyptian funerary texts Category Occult texts Category Archaeological corpora ar cs Texty rakv de Sargtexte ... more details
Portal Ancient Near East The corpus of texts written in the Hittite language is indexed by the Catalogue des Textes Hittites CTH, since 1971, edited by Emmanuel Laroche . Studies of selected texts are published in the StBoT series. The CTH numbering is arranged as follows anchor historical Historical Texts CTH 1 220 Administrative Texts CTH 221 290 anchor legal Legal Texts CTH 291 298 Lexical Texts CTH 299 309 Literary Texts CTH 310 320 anchor mythological Mythological Texts CTH 321 370 Hymns and Prayers CTH 371 389 anchor cult Ritual Texts CTH 390 500 Cult Inventory Texts CTH 501 530 Omen and Oracle Texts CTH 531 582 Vows CTH 583 590 Festival Texts CTH 591 724 Texts in Other Languages CTH 725 830 Texts of Unknown Type CTH 831 833 Selected texts Hittite texts with dedicated Wikipedia articles Old Kingdom Anitta text Hittite military oath Hittite laws Illuyanka Myth of Illuyanka New Kingdom Kikkuli s horse training instructions Manapa Tarhunda letter Milawata letter Tawagalawa letter Song of Kumarbi Story of Appu References Gary M. Beckman, Harry A. Hoffner, Hittite diplomatic texts , volume 7 of Writings from the ancient world, Scholars Press, 1999, ISBN 9780788505515. External links http www.hethport.uni wuerzburg.de hetkonk Hittite text concordance database http titus.uni frankfurt.de indexe.htm? texte texte2.htm heth TITUS database http www.hittites.info translations.aspx Selection of Hittite Texts in Translation DEFAULTSORT Hittite Texts Category Hittite texts de Catalogue des Textes Hittites fr Textes hittites hu Hettita sz vegek katal gusa sv Hettitisk litteratur ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Timeless Texts is a Christian publishing company of nouthetic Counseling nouthetic counseling books started in 1994 and currently operates out of Stanley, North Carolina . It publishes works by authors such as Jay E. Adams , Lou Priolo, Elyse Fitzpatrick, Dr. Robert Smith, George Scipione, Dr. James Halla, David Tyler, Mark Mann, and Craig Debinski. External links http www.timelesstexts.com Timeless Texts Category Book publishing companies of the United States publisher stub ... more details
In Chinese language Chinese philology, the Old Texts zh c p G w n J ng w Kuwen Ching refer to some versions of the Five Classics discovered during the Han Dynasty , written in archaic Chinese character character s and supposedly produced before the To burn the classics and to bury the scholars burning of the books , as opposed to the Modern Texts or New Texts in the new orthography. The last half of the 2nd century BC was the period when new versions of the Confucian classics were discovered. Most of these new versions were found in the walls of Confucius s old residence in Qufu , the old ... called old texts . These newly discovered editions had an effect on later Confucianism. Controversy among new schools By the time of 1st century, a new controversy had begun between these two texts. The labels here are confusing. The new texts are those that had been transliterated into the new orthography back in the beginning of 2nd century BC, either from memory or from texts that had survived ... them into the new orthography. The old texts were the ones that off and on since the late ... s residence, or in Warring States period graves. They were called the old texts because they were written in the pre Qin writing. The discoverers of the old texts claimed that all existing texts suffered from an interrupted pedigree, which was rectified by the newly discovered texts. In reality, the burning ... discovered texts were no different from those used as the basis for the new text transcriptions soon after the fall of Qin Dynasty . These old texts had a peculiarly archaist bent. They emphasized .... Eventually the Old Texts became the Confucianist canon and the controversy between the two schools ... Chinese classic texts guwen Sources and external links https digital.lib.washington.edu dspace bitstream ... that addresses the views of modern scholars. Confucian texts Han Dynasty topics Category Chinese classic texts Category Confucianism Category Confucian texts ... more details
Merge from List of Execration text places date September 2010 Execration texts , also referred to as Proscription Lists , ref Edwards, Gadd, and Hammond 1971 , p.494 ref are ancient Egyptian hieratic texts, listing enemies of the Pharaoh , most often enemies of the Egyptian state or troublesome foreign neighbors. ref name Pinch1995 Cite book author Geraldine Pinch title Magic in ancient Egypt url http books.google.com books?id 8Op3RD28z 4C accessdate 19 August 2010 year 1995 publisher University of Texas Press isbn 9780292765597 page 92f ref The texts were most often written upon statuettes of bound foreigners, bowls, or blocks of clay or stone, which were subsequently destroyed. The ceremonial magic ceremonial process of breaking the names and burying them was intended to be a sort of sympathetic magic that would affect the persons or entities named in the texts. The fragments were usually placed near tombs or ritual sites. This practice was most common during times of conflict with the Asiatic neighbours of Egypt. ref Edwards, Gadd, and Hammond 1971 , p.508 ref Research The Execration texts are an important resource for researchers in the field of ancient Near Eastern history of the 20th ... Texts were published by Kurt Sethe in 1926, known as the Berlin texts. Georges Posener published a second group of texts in 1957, known as the Brussels texts. ref name Wright1961 Cite book author George ... title Do the Execration Texts reflect an accurate picture of the contemporary settlement map of Palestine .... These texts contain what is possibly the first known mention of Jerusalem , ref name FreedmanMyers2000 ... dynasty of Egypt Twelfth dynasty . The second group of texts are inscribed on figurines of bound ... of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt Twelfth dynasty . An additional group of texts, the Mirgissa texts ... egypt.org index.html Egyptian Execration Texts Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Execration Texts Category Ancient Egyptian literature Category Magic paranormal Category Occult books Category ... more details
refimprove date July 2009 Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms scripture ... and other canonical texts , while another ref Bechert & Gombrich, World of Buddhism , Thames & Hudson ... and other texts. The former, including the Sutras Sanskrit or Suttas Pali language Pali , are held ... are the various commentaries on canonical texts and other treatises on the Dharma , as well as collections of quotations, histories, grammars, and other texts. File IMG 0275 Song.jpg thumb Chinese Song Period Maha prajna paramita Sutra Page, Nantoy s Collection, Japan Sometimes texts that are considered ... texts e.g. the Pali Canon and the Agamas , and the Mahayana sutras . Whereas some scholars believe ... than this. If some of the material is so old, it might be possible to establish what texts go back to the beginning ..., 1999, p. 335. ref Some of these distinctions are arbitrary, and some texts fall between categories ... of the Gandh ran Buddhist Texts earliest known Buddhist manuscripts , recovered from the ancient ..., texts associated with one of the Buddhas. Different schools, however, do not always agree about which texts are Buddhavacana, and the various collections of Buddhist literature contain widely varying numbers and types of texts. According to most early schools of Buddhism, the texts come in three types Sutras discourses Vinaya rules of monastic discipline Abhidharma analytical texts Together ... on the Dharma , commentaries on other teachings, cosmological and cosmogonical texts, stories ... schools believe, more or less literally, that most of these texts contain the actual words of the Buddha ... , and South East Asian countries such as Thailand , Cambodia , Laos and Myanmar Burma . Later texts ... translation. The earliest Mahayana texts were composed in a Middle Indo ryan language that was Sanskritisation ... of the Indian court. Most of the Mahayana sutra texts are composed in Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit ... to containing sutras and vinaya, also contains tantras . The division of texts into the traditional ... more details
library is a collection of Early Christianity early Christian Gnostic texts discovered near the Egypt ian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. Askew Codex contains Pistis Sophia and some other unknown texts. Berlin ... number of texts for a complete list see Nag Hammadi library Complete list of codices found in Nag Hammadi ... Gospels, & Gnosticism from earlychristianwritings.com DEFAULTSORT Gnostic Texts Category Gnostic ... more details
literature 2003 in Philip s Encyclopedia. Accessed 2007 08 09 ref and the oldest sacred texts ... and rituals. The Brahmana IAST Br hma as style texts, commenting on the procedure and purpose ... contain early philosophical and metaphysical texts about the nature of macrocosm the gods and the universe ... texts counted as Upanishads however, only 13 are generally accepted as primary. The Upanishads have ... and Sri Aurobindo Aurobindo Ghosh . Post Vedic Hindu scriptures The new texts that appeared afterwards ... of earlier Vedic texts such as the Dharmasutras, are traditionally considered as part of the Smrti ... of Thiruk Kurugoor. Other Hindu texts Other famous texts of Hinduism include those of the bhakti yoga ... many forms as Shakti, Durga, Parvati, etc. . See also List of Historic Indian Texts Timeline of Hindu texts List of Hindu scriptures List of sutras Hindu Epics Epic Age Sanskrit Literature Akilattirattu ... hin index.htm Sacred Texts Hinduism http claysanskritlibrary.org Clay Sanskrit Library publishes ... ebene 1 fiindolo gretil.htm GRETIL G ttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages , a cumulative register of the numerous download sites for electronic texts in Indian languages. http www.granthamandira.com ... converter. DEFAULTSORT Hindu Texts Category Hindu texts ar es Textos del Hinduismo ... more details
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Notability date November 2008 The Secret Texts , is a fantasy book series by Holly Lisle . Books in this series are Diplomacy of Wolves 1998 , Vengeance of Dragons 1999 , and Courage of Falcons 2000 . Vincalis the Agitator 2002 is a prequel to this series. Works in the series Diplomacy of Wolves infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Diplomacy of Wolves title orig translator image image caption author Holly Lisle illustrator cover artist Fred Gambino country United States , United Kingdom language English language English series The Secret Texts genre Fantasy publisher Aspect, Millennium Fantasy release date 1998 1999 for UK edition media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages isbn ISBN 0 446 60746 0, ISBN 1 85793 872 8 oclc 42652429 preceded by none followed by Vengeance of Dragons The story introduces the main protagonist, Kait Galweigh, who is a diplomat in training for House Galweigh. Kait is a shape shifter, and her alternate form, known as Karnee is a wolf. At her first diplomatic mission, Kait discovers that House Sabir, the mortal enemies of the Galweighs, plan a strike against House Galweigh using their magicians, known as wolves. Galweigh s wolves, however, warned of the Sabir attack, prepare defense. The magic causes a backlash, known as rehwah, and it scars or kills wolves in both Houses. The Sabirs, meanwhile, had gathered outside House Galweigh, and once the attacks began, they stormed the house, killing all within. Kait is absent when the attack happens, but is in her Karnee form, which she has to change over to now and again lest it overwhelm her. She returns to Galweigh House to find it filled with the dead ... language English series The Secret Texts genre Fantasy publisher Aspect, Millennium Fantasy release ... States , United Kingdom language English language English series The Secret Texts genre Fantasy publisher ... world to start new lives. Category Fantasy novel series Secret Texts, The ... more details
Image Sakkara C02 29.jpg thumb right 250px Pyramid of Unas The Pyramid Complex of Unas is located in the pyramid field at Saqqara , near Cairo in Egypt . The pyramid of Unas of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt Fifth Dynasty originally known as Beautiful are the places of Unas is now ruined, and looks more like a small hill than a royal pyramid. It was investigated by John Shae Perring Perring and then Karl Richard Lepsius Lepsius , but it was Gaston Maspero who first gained entry to the chambers in 1881, where he found texts covering the walls of the burial chambers, these together with others found in nearby pyramids are now known as the PyramidTexts . In the burial chamber itself the remains of a mummy were found, including the skull, right arm and shin, but whether these belong to Unas is not certain. Near to the main pyramid, to the north east, there are mastaba s that contain the burials of the consorts of the king. It is believed that within the inscriptions of the Pyramid Text in Unas s tomb, there are also some lines of a Semitic dialect, written in Egyptian script and comprising the earliest evidence of written Semitic language ref cite web url http news.nationalgeographic.com news 2007 02 070205 snake spells.html title Ancient Semitic Snake Spells Deciphered in Egyptian Pyramid ref . See also List of Egyptian pyramids List of megalithic sites References references commons Category Pyramid of Unas Verner, Miroslav, The Pyramids &ndash Their Archaeology and History , Atlantic Books, 2001, ISBN 1 84354 171 8 External links http www.pyramidtextsonline.com PyramidTexts Online Read the texts in situ. View the hieroglyphs and the complete translation. coord 29 52 06 N 31 12 53 E region EG type landmark source dewiki display title Category 24th century BC architecture Category Memphis Necropolis Category Ancient Egyptian pyramids Ancient Egypt stub Link FA de ar ca Pir mide d Unas de Unas Pyramide fr Pyramide d Ounas nl Piramide van Oenas pl Piramida Unisa sk ... more details
who was in search of pyramidtexts inscriptions on the walls describing the Pharaoh s reign his expedition discovered a mummy inside the pyramid which was thought to be from some later burial although ...File Pyramid of Merenre, Saqqara, 1990ies.jpg thumb Pyramid of Merenre, Saqqara, 1990s. Image Plan complexe merenre copie.jpg thumb Diagram of the pyramid. The burial pyramid of Pharaoh Merenre was constructed during the Egypt ian Sixth dynasty of Egypt sixth dynasty at Saqqara 450 meters to the south west of the pyramid of Pepi I and a similar distance to the pyramid of Djedkare . ref name Jacques Kinnaer, Jacques. http www.ancient egypt.org index.html The Pyramid of Merenre I . Accessed September 20, 2008. ref Its ancient name was Merenre s beauty shines or perhaps The Perfection of Merenre Appears . ref http egyptphoto.ncf.ca pyramid 20of 20merenre.htm The Pyramid of Merenre . Accessed September 20, 2008. ref Today it consists mostly of ruins ref name alan Winston, Alan. http www.touregypt.net featurestories merenrep.htm The Pyramid of Merenre at South Saqqara in Egypt . Accessed September 20, 2008. ref it is hard to get to and is not open to the public. ref name egyptsites http www.egyptsites.co.uk lower saqqara pyramids merenre.html Pyramid of Merenre . Accessed September 20, 2008. ref The pyramid was built 52.5 meters in height, 78.75 meters in base length with an inclination of 53 07 48 . ref name Jacques The causeway is 250 meters long and the complex was surrounded by a wall of mud brick. ref name alan Only traces of the mortuary temple have been found and the evidence indicates that construction was halted abruptly at one point and never resumed, probably upon the Pharaoh s death. ref name Jacques The entrance to the burial chambers is on the north face which descends to a vestibule where another shaft leads to the antechamber. To the right of the antechamber is the burial ... theme and was covered with stars. ref name alan Excavations The pyramid was first examined in the 1830s ... more details
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Ancient monuments in Rome name Pyramid of Cestius label name Pyramid of Cestius image name Pyramid of cestius.jpg tekst1 The Pyramid of Cestius label x 0.24 label y 0.72 location 14 regions of Augustan Rome Regione XIII Aventinus date circa 12 BC builder Caius Cestius type Pyramid The Pyramid of Cestius in Italian language Italian , Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia is an ancient pyramid in Rome ... attributes The pyramid was built about 18 BC 12 BC as a tomb for Caius Cestius, a magistrate and member ... inscription is carved into the east and west flanks of the pyramid, so as to be visible from both ... the tomb between 1660&ndash 62. ref name claridge At the time of its construction, the Pyramid of Cestius ... enormously during the imperial period, and, by the third century AD, the pyramid would have been ..., 1991. ISBN 0 415 15143 0 ref Two marble bases were found next to the pyramid during excavations ... Piramid Cestius.JPG thumb 210px The pyramid was incorporated into the Aurelian Walls and is close ... edict passed by the aedile s. ref name claridge History Image PiranesiPyramid.jpg thumb Pyramid ... Pyramid of Cestius and environs by Giuseppe Vasi 18th century . The sharply pointed shape of the pyramid ... served in that campaign and perhaps intended the pyramid to serve as a commemoration. His pyramid was not the only one in Rome a larger one the so called pyramid of Romulus of similar form but unknown ... to an end in the Roman conquest of 30 BC. The pyramid was, in any case, built during a period ... the French pyramids Falicon pyramid near Nice in France was suspected by some to have been constructed ... between 271 and 275, the pyramid was incorporated into the walls to form a triangular bastion . It was one ... 42. ISBN 0 313 33174 X ref The origins of the pyramid were forgotten during the Middle Ages . The inhabitants ... cleared the vegetation that had overgrown the pyramid, uncovered the inscriptions on its faces, tunnelled ... the pyramid. ref name claridge The pyramid was an essential sight for many who undertook the Grand ... more details
File Schlegel wireframe 5 cell.png thumb 4 simplex is a tetrahedral pyramid, shown here as a Schlegel diagram perspective projection In 4 dimensional geometry , a polyhedral pyramid is a 4 polytope constructed by a base polyhedron cell and an Apex geometry apex point. The lateral Facet geometry facets are Pyramid geometry pyramid cells, each constructed by one face of the base polyhedron and the apex. A 4 simplex is an example of a tetrahedral pyramid . Any convex 4 polytope can be divided into polyhedral pyramids by adding an interior point and creating one pyramid from each facet to the center point. This can be useful for computing volumes. Volume The 4 dimensional volume of a polyhedral pyramid is 1 4 of the volume of the base polyhedron times its perpendicular height. See also Pyramid geometry References GlossaryForHyperspace anchor Pyramid title Pyramid Geometry stub Category Polytopes ... more details
Pyramid Mountain can refer to Pyramid Mountain Alberta in Jasper National Park, Canada Pyramid Mountain volcano in Wells Gray Clearwater Volcanic Field of British Columbia, Canada One of six other mountains in British Columbia Also Pyramid Mountain in the Quartermain Mountains of Antarctica In the United States Pyramid Mountains , New Mexico Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Park , home of Tripod Rock , in Montville, New Jersey Pyramid Mountain Chelan County, Washington in the Chelan Mountains of Washington U.S. state Washington Pyramid Mountain Clallam County, Washington in Olympic National Park Other Pyramid Mountain Oz , a fictional location appearing in L. Frank Baum s Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz disambig ... more details
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