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After baffling scholars for over a century, Cambridge researchers have reinterpreted the long-lost Song of Wade, revealing it ...

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With the help of 32 contributors, this beautifully realised publication examines our relationship with food and drink, from ...

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Is a resistance of some kind slowly emerging from the teaching community to save the secular character of education and foil ...

Nearly 1,000 Tolkien-esque megalithic chambers dot southern India's "Hill of the Dwarfs", and locals believe they were ...

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Nostalgic roast of chain eateries - rubbery pizza, microwave fajitas, dated décor, and wings of regret, served with wit.

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Take a trip before or after your cruise by spending extra time in your starting or ending port, in Italy, England, Ireland or ...