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India celebrated her 77th Republic Day on Monday, with the parade also marking 150 years of Vande Mataram, iconic anthem written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ...

Telling a story is a core tradition of Judaism – as we do for Pesach , telling the story every year of the Exodus from Egypt.

The Code of Justinian, a collection of laws compiled by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, is widely regarded as the foundation of Western law.

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William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...

The University of Kentucky’s Department of History is honoring the anniversary of the nation's founding with their ...

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New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

Adherence without advocacy is to be (in the words of the ancient bard) “full of sound and fury signifying nothing." ...