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Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

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Whatever date you pick for the fall of the Roman Empire—perhaps you’re a 476 traditionalist, or maybe you’re like me and you prefer the turbulent wave of downturns in the 530s and 540s—the ...

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Iran's increasingly robust space program could allow it to develop the rocketry and associated tech necessary to build an ...

Peace through strength” reflects an evolutionary tension—historically effective at times, yet modern peace may demand a ...

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly ...

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