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Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | July 27 | 5:30 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

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Great Archaeological Mysteries of Europe and the Mediterranean

Summary

Archaeology is the science of solving puzzles about the past through the material traces left behind. Start the course with the mystery of the warren of rooms, corridors, and mechanisms beneath the Roman Colosseum. What was their purpose and how were they used to produce dazzling set changes, surprise entrances, and some of the arena's most spectacular—and bloody—effects?

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