International demand for basmati rice is forecast to double over the next few years. But farmers and connoisseurs say ...

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

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A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, he did not put his left hand on either of the two Bibles held by his ...

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The brutal tumult of the 20th century turned Eastern Europe, once a melting pot, into a bloc of relatively homogeneous nation ...

Traditionally, hammams were communal bathing spaces in which people would go to relax, get clean and socialise, but as ...

Whenever Britain faced conflict - from early invasions by the Celts and Romans to WWII when skies were criss-crossed with ...

"That he found a gold coin on a random trip in the mountains is completely surreal. This is unusual and exceptional. From ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...