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The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

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Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong’s Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century.

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

Pope Francis's death sets an ancient machinery into motion. Soon, with a puff of smoke, the last absolute monarchy in Europe ...

The end of the Assad era has reduced some threats, but the Islamic State has shown renewed strength in the country.

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