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        "did_you_know": "The image of Alexander the Great in an elephant headdress references his Eastern conquests.",
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                "citation": "Neils, Jenifer. \"The Twain Shall Meet.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 6 (1985).",
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