For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...

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Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

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Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences altered gray wolf DNA to breed the pups – just one of several species the company aims to ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers has unearthed a buried altar that could unlock the secrets of a ...

More than 100 years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, new interpretations of the ...

Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that's little changed since its founding more than a millennium ago.

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Since in 2025, the Chaitra Navratri has been observed for 8 days, there is confusion among people regarding the dates. Let us ...

Nature gives us so much, from the food we eat to the air we breathe; it keeps us healthy and thriving. WWF’s Earth Hour is the perfect moment to switch off and give back to the planet. Because when we ...