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Mysterious Places

Country: U.S.A
Added: 2006
Category: Culture & History
Abstract: "Mysterious Places" is an excellent introduction to some unique and fantastic places around the world: Avalon Island, an island paradise in the western seas to which King Arthur went at his death in Arthurian legend; the Maya civilization, a legendary tribe and culture; the mysterious tombs, huge stone towers and ladder-shaped monuments on the Monroeca Island… This series will take us to explore these unsettled puzzles and meanwhile, appreciate ancient relics of civilization.

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