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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon

The Franco-Ottoman alliance, formed in the 1530s between the king of France, François I, and the Turkish ruler of the

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3,800-Year-Old Water Cult Temple Discovered in Peru

In the ancient, high desert lands of northwest Peru, it’s easy to see why water was more than just a

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New Ice Age Mammoth Hunting Technique Proposed By Researchers

Jason Pohl/UC Berkeley While the dominant narrative and popular culture view Clovis points and tipped spears as a throwing weapon,

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12th-Century Christian Figure Depiction Uncovered

During a routine construction project in the small village in Germany’s Klotzow, in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, a 12th-century boulder with

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3,000-Year-Old Goddess Figurine Discovered in Italian Lake, With Fingerprints of Maker

Lake Bolsena, a volcanic lake in central Italy, has yielded a 3,000-year-old clay figurine, believed to represent an ancient goddess.

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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union

We like to think that we know what the Second World War was fought for: freedom, democracy and the defeat

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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?

When taking stock of Richard III’s short reign, one of the positive developments cited by his modern-day supporters is his

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Pre-Roman Necropolis Discovered in Pompeii

Recent modernization work on the railway line in Pompeii and the construction of an underground parking lot have unearthed a

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2,500-Year-Old Graveyard Reveals the Burial of 39 Children and Just 2 Adults

A fairly unsettling discovery has been unearthed out of a recent excavation in Østfold county, Norway – a 2,500-year-old graveyard

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Greco-Roman Necropolis From Northern Turkey Reveals a ‘Sarcophagi Avenue’!

Excavations in a Greco-Roman period necropolis from the ancient city of Tios, in northern Turkey, marks the culmination of a