Beating chests also signals ongoing belief in Shiite principles.
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Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
The second fragment of fabric (Tx2) lay in a large domestic house—also destroyed by fire—which contained six rooms lined with storage vessels and clay chests.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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