In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in ...

Since the birth of humanity people have fought each other. Over time the ancient weapons have been replaced by more sophisticated ones.

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The research team hopes that future excavations at the site may reveal quays or towpaths, which could provide stronger ...

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As the world approaches the centenary of the celebrated novelist, television pundit and all-around man of letters, Martin ...

How Christianity blurred the line between celibacy and androgyny.

In the fourth episode of Ken Burn’s wonderful documentary on the Vietnam War, a former US Army officer observes, “It is difficult to dispel ignorance if you retain arrogance.” Further ...

In the old Irish calendar the day after St Patrick’s Day is Sheelah’s Day, in commemoration of the woman who many believe to have been Patrick’s wife. According to Shane Lehane, a folklorist at ...

Over two millennia ago, the Romans built a canal while battling the Celts, and scientists in France may have just […] ...

You Orta see Italy- it’s a big year for the land of romance, so Sarah Marshall picks her Italian highlights and urges ...