The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

In his new book Nalanda, breathtaking in its sweep and lyrical in its glory, the poet-diplomat Abhay K unearths with tender precision the most luminous jewel, nestled amid lush mango groves and ringed ...

Matein Khalid V.S. Naipaul once said that ancestral memories are like“trap doors to a bottomless past”. This was my first thought when I ...

Listening to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech last weekend, one word kept running through my head: Plataea. If you’re ...

In his magisterial two-volume Political Order books, Francis Fukuyama writes extensively about patronage networks, ...

What did ancient Greeks wear in the winter? A natural question as all statues of Greeks in antiquity depict them dressed in ...

Humans have been eating yogurt for millennia. Ancient texts reference its health-promoting properties. Now a new study finds ...

Sit back, grab a hot cup of coffee, and find out how this warming, beautiful (and necessary) drink became so popular.

Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as D68Z from Moroni, Comoro Islands, IOTA AF - 007, 28 February - 18 March 2025.

It has taken a monster to awaken her own sense of humanity.” Forty-five years later, Sabra makes her film debut in Captain ...

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