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The European Commission has proposed a €2 trillion long-term budget which would controversially merge agricultural and ...

The archaeological site of Keeladi has unearthed remnants of an urban settlement, fuelling competing historical claims.

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Roundtop Mountain near Thermopolis, Wyoming, is now a popular hiking destination, but it’s also where the Shoshone are said ...

In a groundbreaking revelation that could reshape the future of medicine, scientists are turning to ancient viruses—called bacteriophages or simply phages—in the global battle against ...

The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times.

You're right that the Chinese were on a different scale, but ~100k is a scale for a single army that various ancient empires got to repeatedly. The largest armies fielded by the Romans were on par ...

More than 138,000 people have fled Thailand's border regions, while around 140,000 have been driven from their homes in ...