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Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been a place of human settlement for at least ...

Yet the very system that made Angkor great eventually contributed to its downfall. Researchers determined that a period of ...

I sailed on the new Viking Vesta from Athens to Istanbul. The enriching experience was full of history and incredible views.

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NEW YORK -- In addition to being a 1960s French sex symbol, actor, singer and animal welfare activist, Brigitte Bardot was a ...

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The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...

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