The business of death allowed drug lords to create entire criminal empires. Each cartel has on its territory purchased officials of various ranks, a bribed police force, a PR service and squads of ...

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Gojko Barjamovic not only deciphered the ancient recipes but also attempted to recreate some of the dishes described in them.

Can King Ninus of Assyria from Greek mythology be identified as a historical figure? This article examines the evidence.

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Blakeslee is a semi-retired anthropologist from Wichita State University. He’s polite, soft-spoken most of the time, and able ...

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It has gradually been pieced together, as the cuneiform tablets have been unearthed and deciphered. It has come out of the ground bit by bit, emerging from the ancient silence of its language only ...