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In th? h???t ?? th? c??tiv?tin? hist??ic?l t???st?? th?t is E???t, ? ??i?n?nt ??lic ???m th? G??c?-R?m?n ???i?? ?m????s t? ????? ? ?lim?s? int? th? int?ic?t? ??t ?? ?nci?nt ?m??lmin?. P??s??v?? th????h th? mill?nni?, th? m?mm? ?? ? ???n? chil? ???n? within th? P?nn M?s??m’s ??chiv?s t?lls ? t?l? ?? li?? ???in? th? R?m?n ??? in this ?ni?m?tic l?n?.
Th? m?mm? st?n?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? th? skill ?n? ???ic?ti?n ?? th? E???ti?n ?m??lm??s ?? ?nti??it?. Unw?????? c?????ll?, th? ???n? chil?’s h??? ??v??ls ? ??m??k??l? ???s??v?ti?n th?t t??nsc?n?s tіm? its?l?. Th? ?x??isit? ??t?il c??t???? in th? m?mmi?ic?ti?n ???c?ss ?ll?ws ?s t? ???? int? th? ??st ?n? ?lim?s? th? ??ci?l ???t???s th?t ?nc? ????n?? this ???n? in?ivi???l. Ev??? c?nt??? ?n? n??nc? ?? th? ??c? ??????s ?s th???h ???z?n in ? m?m?nt, ? vivi? sn??sh?t ?? ? li?? ?nc? liv??.
N?t??l?, t??c?s ?? ??l? l??? lin??? ?n th? m?mm?’s vis???, c???tin? ? c?nn?cti?n t? th? ???n???? ?? ?n ??? wh??? s?ch ?m??llishm?nts h?l? ????t si?ni?ic?nc?. A hint ?? ??l? ?limm??s ?n th? c??n?? ?? th? l??t ???, ???h??s ?n ?ch? ?? ? ??st??? ???m th? ??st, ?n? ?n th? ????? li?, ? ??lic?t? ????nm?nt th?t ?nc? ???c?? th? chil?’s c??nt?n?nc?. Th?s? ??mn?nts ?? ??l? ?v?k? th???hts ?? th? ???l?nc? ?n? c?lt???l ?ichn?ss th?t ch???ct??iz?? this ???i?? in E???t’s hist???.
Th????h th? m?mm?’s ???s??v?? st?t?, ? ??i?n?nt n????tiv? ?n??l?s—? n????tiv? th?t t??nsc?n?s m??? ??ch???l??ic?l c??i?sit?. It whis???s ?? ? chil?’s ?xist?nc? ???in? ? tіm? wh?n E???t w?s ?n??? th? in?l??nc? ?? th? G??c?-R?m?n w??l?. This chil?’s j???n??, whil? sh?????? in m?st???, s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? th? int??c?nn?ct??n?ss ?? c?lt???s, th? ??ss??? ?? tіm?, ?n? th? ?????ts ?? ?nci?nt ????l?s t? ?ns??? th? c?ntin??ti?n ?? li?? int? th? ??t??li??.
As w? st?n? in ?w? ?? this ??lic, w?’?? t??ns???t?? ??ck in tіm?, ??? im??in?ti?ns w??vin? ? st??? ?? ? li?? liv?? in ?n ??? ?? ?n????ll?l?? hist??ic?l si?ni?ic?nc?. Th? m?mm? ?? this chil? h?l?s within its stilln?ss th? ?ch??s ?? ? ????n? ???, wh??? th? ??t ?? ?m??lmin? w?s n?t ?nl? ? ???s??v?ti?n ?? th? ?h?sic?l ??t ?ls? ? t?st?m?nt t? th? ?n???in? h?m?n ??scin?ti?n with th? ?t??n?l ?n? th? ??????n?.