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The story is always told the same way. Julius Caesar’s soldiers set fire to the harbor at Alexandria in 48 B.C.E. and the ...

On this day in 1951, the city of Paris celebrated its 2,000th birthday. The history of the city goes back to 250 B.C., when a Gallic tribe known as the Parisii settled on an island […] ...

The ancient Celtic world comprised a multitude of peoples, cultures, languages and histories, covering an immense ...

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The Aspen Music Festival went into scramble mode on Wednesday when star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato was injured and had to ...

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From Edison and Robeson to Streep and Brunson, meet 100 Central Jersey residents whose achievements shaped America and the ...

India, July 8 -- The ensuing Monsoon Session of Parliament is bound to be turbulent, as the Congress seeks privilege ...