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The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

The Roman Empire wanted to reach every place on the planet and they came close to doing so. Especially if we take into ...

The Hazrat Ali Shrine, also known as the Blue Mosque, is considered one of the holiest sites in Afghanistan and is believed ...

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Keri: When Goa Tourism Development Corporation undertook the beautification of the Sateri temple in 2021, the work was completed in 2024. As part of the project, nine new stone sculptures were ...

The raid on the Louvre is far from the first museum heist. But several factors have combined to make Europe fertile ground for cultural thefts.

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The lab where Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb is the linchpin in the United States’ effort to modernize its nuclear ...

The Honu‘apo Estuary Wetland Restoration Project is an effort by the Department of Land and Natural Resources to restore about eight acres of estuary and wetland habitat along the island’s southeast ...