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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Click on image for enlargements of panel sections. The Ghent Altarpiece (open view) by Jan and Hubert van Eyck, 1432, polyptych with 12 panels, oil on panel; in the Cathedral of Saint-Bavon, Ghent, Belg.

The Most Stolen Work of Art

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Friday the 13th

film by Cunningham [1980]

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serial murder

In serial murder: History
…latter were Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980). Jack the Ripper was a character in Pandora’s Box (1904) and other plays by the German writer Frank Wedekind. Wedekind’s work was in turn the basis of the opera Lulu (1937), by Alban Berg.
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In zombie: History
…United States the popular film Friday the 13th, which featured the zombielike villain Jason Voorhees, hit screens in 1980. In 1983 Michael Jackson released the video for his song “Thriller,” a horror-filled romp that featured dancing zombies. Zombie comedy began to gain steam, and humorous zombie films such as Night…
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