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KT photo by Rahul Gajjar In a bid to revive and educate the local public about ancient Japanese culture, the Japanese consulate in Dubai invited Hattori and her team to give a lecture about ...

What it tells us about the past: This small, clay tablet was likely a tool used to perform rituals at two prehistoric stone rings in northern Japan over three millennia ago. The holes were used ...