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3 picks · 1955–1969

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KATO ZAKRO,
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the discovery and excavation of a Minoan palace at Kato Zakro, in Eastern Crete, which dates to the New Palace Era (1600-1450 B.C.)…

A MAN IN A MIRROR.
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a trip to the Mekong Delta, the palm-hut capital of South Vietminh, & history of the palm-hut state. In 1945, the Vietminh …