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I'm a labourer helping build the great pyramid of Giza. One night after a few beers I tell a fellow worker that I don't really believe in the gods and I think the pharaoh is just a man. Do I get in trouble? Does the answer change if I hold a higher position in society?

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Prior to the discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism, how did scholars think about ancient texts that spoke of complex mechanical devices?

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What was education like for upper-class English people in the late 1700s?

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I'm a labourer helping build the great pyramid of Giza. One night after a few beers I tell a fellow worker that I don't really believe in the gods and I think the pharaoh is just a man. Do I get in trouble? Does the answer change if I hold a higher position in society?	150
Prior to the discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism, how did scholars think about ancient texts that spoke of complex mechanical devices?	86
What was education like for upper-class English people in the late 1700s?	7