Chanthavar said that the Egyptian pyramids, part of the Sphinx, traces of buried cities, a couple of ruined… — Poul Anderson
Chanthavar said that the Egyptian pyramids, part of the Sphinx, traces of buried cities, a couple of ruined dams in America and Russia, some hydrogen-bomb craters, were still around, otherwise nothing earlier than the Thirty-fifth century. Time went on, relentlessly, and one by one the proud works of man were lost.
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