For an artifact with such an awesome legacy, the Cyrus Cylinder is remarkably unprepossessing.
It looks like a small loaf of rye bread from which someone has broken off a chunk.
For an artifact with such an awesome legacy, the Cyrus Cylinder is remarkably unprepossessing.
It looks like a small loaf of rye bread from which someone has broken off a chunk.
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