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Show RELICS OF THE AGES LONG PAST : England Has Three of the Most Remarkable Re-markable That the Whole World Has to Offer. A loaf of bread more than GOO years old. It Is said. Is to be found at Amhns-ton. Amhns-ton. in Derbyshire, England, it was Included Is a grant of land from the crown In the reign of King John, and has remained In the Soar family ever since. Almost as great a curiosity as this Is a house 1,100 years of age. and yet fit for habitation. This old dwelling, the oldest Inhabited house In England, was built In the time of King Offa of Mercla. It lr octagonal !n shape, the walls of Its lower story being of -reat thickness. The upper part Is of oak. At one time the house was fortified and known by the name of St. German's Ger-man's Gate. It stands close to the River Yer. and only a few yards from St. Albans abbey. A marriage pioposal 3.400 years of age Is In existence In the British museum. It Is the oldest marriage proposal of whlh there Is any definite record. i consists of a'lotit nlnetr fight lines of very fine cuneiform wrb Ing, and Is on a Nmall clay tablet made of Nile mud. It Is a mamage prr- j posal of a Pharaoh for the hand ct the daughtej of the king of Banyhi. i It was written about Ui year 153U ! B. C ' |