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![[Rice terraces carved out of the hillsides hundreds of years ago by Ifuago farmers, Philippine Islands]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvcmljZS10ZXJyYWNlcy1jYXJ2ZWQtb3V0LW9mLXRoZS1oaWxsc2lkZXMtaHVuZHJlZHMtb2YteWVhcnMtYWdvLWJ5LWlmdWFnby1mYXJtZXJzLTA2OGE5OS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/402/jpg "[Rice terraces carved out of the hillsides hundreds of years ago by Ifuago farmers, Philippine Islands]")
![[Rice terraces during dry season, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvcmljZS10ZXJyYWNlcy1kdXJpbmctZHJ5LXNlYXNvbi1zaWtraW0tNTJhMDE2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Rice terraces during dry season, Sikkim]")
![[Women reaping in cultivated land near Krasno i arsk]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvd29tZW4tcmVhcGluZy1pbi1jdWx0aXZhdGVkLWxhbmQtbmVhci1rcmFzbm8taS1hcnNrLWUwZjNlOC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Women reaping in cultivated land near Krasno i arsk]")
![[PHILIPPINES. SIGNAL CORPS CONSTRUCTING LINES IN THE ISLANDS]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvcGhpbGlwcGluZXMtc2lnbmFsLWNvcnBzLWNvbnN0cnVjdGluZy1saW5lcy1pbi10aGUtaXNsYW5kcy0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[PHILIPPINES. SIGNAL CORPS CONSTRUCTING LINES IN THE ISLANDS]")
![[Two photographs showing the ruins of a temple (Trajan's Kiosk or Pharaoh's Bed) on the island of Philae, Egypt] / AB [monogram]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdHdvLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhzLXNob3dpbmctdGhlLXJ1aW5zLW9mLWEtdGVtcGxlLXRyYWphbnMta2lvc2stb3ItcGhhcmFvaHMtYmVkLWQ2MzZhZS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Two photographs showing the ruins of a temple (Trajan's Kiosk or Pharaoh's Bed) on the island of Philae, Egypt] / AB [monogram]")
![[Igorots (Philippine natives) posed in front of thatched huts, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvaWdvcm90cy1waGlsaXBwaW5lLW5hdGl2ZXMtcG9zZWQtaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtdGhhdGNoZWQtaHV0cy1sb3Vpc2lhbmEtcHVyY2hhc2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Igorots (Philippine natives) posed in front of thatched huts, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904]")
