The word "Olympics" is rooted in ancient Greece. In Greek mythology, the gods would descend from Mount Olympus into the town of Olympia to gather and socialize with humans, according to Matthew ...

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Ben-Hur, 1959. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O’Donnell, and Sam Jaffe. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros.

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History is often taught as if structured conflict resolution matured along a European arc—Roman jurisprudence, canon law, medieval courts, Enlightenment codification, and eventually the modern ...

No need to sulk while waiting for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 5—here are ten HBO series to keep you company for this week!

Jewish pogroms in nineteenth-century Odessa, examining the role of the Greek community, economic rivalry, imperial policy and ...

Joseph Francis, a distinguished Pakistani minorities rights defender, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 11, after a prolonged ...

The anthropologist embarks on a journey by train visiting key sites of the Roman empire. Alice begins her Roman tour at Pompeii, where she explores ingenious Roman engineering, racy artworks, the role ...