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The Spartan army clash with the Thebans and general Epaminondas at the Leuctra battlefield signified the end of Sparta's ...

An untouched paradise, this hidden Greek peninsula blends pristine beaches, Byzantine ruins, and medieval villages far from ...

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At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

This city once nurtured towering Jewish thinkers like Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel — known as the Maharal — a spiritual ...

On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s ...

The 7th century C.E. Arab and Arabized conquerors later had the audacity, as is occurring right up to present times, to ...

The legendary Macedonian King Alexander III, famously known as Alexander the Great (who was educated by the titanic Greek ...

After the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator could be detained by ...

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty rather than a New Testament figure ...

The Big Sur Coast Highway, officially designated as part of California State Route 1, winds approximately 90 miles between ...