When people think of picturesque European villages, the charming hamlets of Switzerland often come to mind. However, nestled ...
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The Making of a Cold War Spy
The life and work of Frank Wisner, one of the CIA’s founding officers, offers us a portrait of American intelligence’s ...
India's linguistic diversity is both its strength and its struggle. Since Independence, language has been a political ...
From viral memes to bestselling books, Hollywood blockbusters to history podcasts, the fascination with ancient Rome refuses ...
The rider of the pale horse, Death itself, comes through and with it, plague. The plague itself was no stranger to the average medieval town. But the difference, as with most things, was scale. Having ...
Penne, in Italy’s central Abruzzo region, has sold six one-euro homes since 2022 but is stepping up the pace with the next ...
Yes — they’re still available. If you’re worried that there are no more towns in Italy left selling homes for one euro, or a little over a dollar, don’t be. One town that’s been low key ...
In the 5th Century BC, the Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets codified ... William the Conqueror opposed taking life except in war, and ordered no person to be hanged or executed for any offense.
The chaos we see is not random. It is the direct result of lies—about history, about morality, about the very nature of ...
The Trojan Horse at Hisarlik, the archaeological site ... Can we be sure that the Troy of the Trojan War really was here as well? After all, some writers in the Roman period believed that the Troy of ...