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  "description": "I follow The History Blog by psuedynmous blogger livius. It features blog posts about history (surprise?) focusing significantly on archaeology news. Significantly, The History Blog links to sources. Take for example a June 6, 2026 blog post titled Oldest iron saw in Japan identified. The post summarizes a linked Asahi Shimbun report on what appears...",
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  "textContent": "I follow The History Blog by psuedynmous blogger livius. It features blog posts about history (surprise?) focusing significantly on archaeology news. Significantly, The History Blog links to sources. Take for example a June 6, 2026 blog post titled Oldest iron saw in Japan identified. The post summarizes a linked Asahi Shimbun report on what appears to be a saw found in Japan dating back to the second century A.D. Significance of the find other than its age: Iron was not yet produced on the Japanese islands during the Yayoi period, and the advanced techniques necessary to manufacture a saw like this indicates it was made elsewhere, namely China, and imported to Japan. The History Blog is also useful because it sometimes covers stories that first appear in non-English articles. See, for example, livius’ June 9, 2026 post Celtic elite grave discovered in the Taunus mountains. I have included The History Blog posts in many editions of The Newsletter Leaf Journal. See, for example, Newsletters 180, 250, and 276.",
  "title": "The History Blog and Japanese Saws",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-10T03:05:39.000Z"
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