Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.

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The Yunus Emre Institute in Cairo (Turkish Cultural Centre) hosted a symposium and photo exhibition titled “Hagia Sophia: The Jewel of Istanbul,” highlighting the monument’s historical and cultural ...

Humans, under optimal conditions, can live to an age of 100 or more. That pales in comparison to this cold-water, ...

When the plastic empire falls, there's going to be the marauding vigilantism of Burning Brides around to clean up the mess, and to… er, burn some brides in the process. Tidal-wave riffage, ...

My young Turkish guide, Rashid, tells me to move a few paces to the left and watch the eyes of the mosaic. Yes, they follow me. Rashid looks satisfied at my astonishment and pleasure. Hagia Sophia was ...

New York wrestlers stole the spotlight on Day Two of the Journeymen Fall Classic, capturing three titles and the Outstanding Wrestler award as some of the nation’s top high school grapplers battled in ...

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Mike Duncan knows how empires fall. He’s covered history’s most defining collapses, upheavals, and regime changes through the Revolutions and History of Rome podcasts — the latter being a 179 episode, ...

Accompanying the over 1,000 high-quality film and audio assets integrated into the gameplay, the Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball games feature the iconic movie score in addition to hand-drawn, ...