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      What is this mysterious symbol? What did it mean? Why did it suddenly arise across civilizations in the late 1900s, then just as mysteriously vanish? Find out on: Lost Mysteries of The Schoolyard on the History Channel.

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    It’s not like these societies were completely disconnected from each other (except Japan). Remember even people in the past borrowed things from their history for their beliefs. The entirety of Hermeticism is the fusion of Greek and Egyptian beliefs for example (Hermes and Thoth specifically).