"It is tempting to see this moment as a crisis—perhaps even an unraveling. But history tells a different story." ...

In Cairo’s famous Ben Ezra Synagogue, one of the city’s most prominent Jewish landmarks, a treasure trove of history lay ...

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An appearance by TV presenter Tony Robinson will be one of the additional attractions at this years the Battle of Evesham ...

In Europe alone, approximately 2 million people live with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and their incidence has ...

Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky and often deeply poisonous purposes ...

The Aga Khan IV, a billionaire businessman who died on Feb 4, aged 88 years, repeatedly rejected the title of philanthropist ...

Anxieties about malingering or feigned illness are at least a thousand years old in the West”, argued public health ethicist Daniel S Goldberg in a paper on the history of “malingerers”. He gives ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...

Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...

When we think of Valentine’s Day, chubby Cupids, hearts and roses generally come to mind, not industrial processes like mass ...

The Vanda Gallery in New Rochelle (a half-hour train ride from Manhattan) has mounted a memorable photo exhibit. From ...