Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

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History shows that the roots of artificial intelligence reach back millennia, as people have long pondered whether they could ...

Presented by Horatio Clare and produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol. This programme features audio from Xeno-Canto recorded by Simon Elliot, David M and Tanguy Loïs (XC155202, XC640749 ...

Another abbreviation is ☧, also known as a Christogram. This is a stylised version of XP, another shorter version of Christ’s ...

Police have a person of interest in custody — 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said, after a ...

The attack at Bondi beach during a Hanukkah celebration, killing nine, has sent a fresh wave of horror through ...

As we begin the holiday of Chanukah, a time defined by small lights pushing through deep darkness, I keep returning to a ...

The victory in war and the dedication of the altar are one and the same. And today we have been privileged to see both.

Hanukkah, or Chanukah, pronounced Kha-nu-kah, began last evening, December 14, and ends on December 22. It is the Jewish ...

The “Tower of the Albanian” on Mount Athos, the relations of Ioannis Kastriotis, Georgios’s father, with Mount Athos – The ...