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US President or American Caesar?

The prospect of a second Donald Trump victory in November’s US election has widely been seen – at least by

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Five English Words We Don’t Know the Origins Of

By Francesco Perono Cacciafoco/The Conversation The naming process, the act of naming the items of the world, is as old

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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs

A rather unusual petition from October 1716 is tucked away in the pope’s diocesan archives in the basilica of San

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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review

In June 1947 Kenneth Arnold was flying a small plane over Mount Rainier in Washington when nine bright objects began

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The Ancient Dacians and Their Clash with Rome (Video)

The Dacians were an ancient civilization that thrived in the northeastern Balkans, a region abundant with natural resources and bordered

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Aliens and the Enlightenment | History Today

For millennia everybody knew that human beings enjoy a privileged, unique position at the centre of the universe. That self-confidence

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Ancient Concepts of Fate: Deities and Influencers of Destiny

Looming over the lives of gods and mortals alike, fate was more than a concept, it was an inscrutable force,

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Rome’s Fierce Neighbors: Who were the Suebi?

The Suebi were a significant group of Germanic tribes inhabiting the dense forests of ancient Germania, beyond the Roman Empire’s

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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships

Some 2,000 war and merchant ships were sunk in the waters of Southeast Asia during the Second World War, constituting

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How the South Became Republican

On the evening of 1 August 1952 General Dwight D.Eisenhower, the newly nominated Republican presidential nominee, met with his advisers