Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others ...

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It incorporates elements from three empires and one republic that have ruled the city during different ... The honor has ...

In this article, we'll explore the 26 fascinating cantons of Switzerland. You'll learn about how the cantonal system works ...

1570: A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland; killing more than 1,000 people. 1604: Shakespeare’s “Othello” is first staged. 1611: Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is ...

It is the collapse of the Roman Republic, which developed over some four centuries and disappeared almost suddenly when the Senate granted Octavian extraordinary powers in 27 BCE – he renamed ...

With the discovery of gold in California and the ensuing gold rush, white settlement accelerated. Many of the attitudes of the new arrivals conflicted with Mexican culture and its strong Catholic ...

From the fifth to third centuries BCE, the Gallic tribes of central Europe were among the continent’s most fearsome warriors.

The Holy Father will open the second of five Holy Doors for the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec.

Roman gladiator tomb found filled with bones of 12 people (Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey) Archaeologists suspect the buried individuals were likely members of the upper ...

The Rev. David Peck is an Episcopal priest in the heartland of Pennsylvania, a swing state at the center of the tense ...