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Explore the origins of the 8 oldest sports in human history, including running, boxing, and gymnastics, and how they shaped the athletic events we know today.

Archaeologists in Dijon, France, have uncovered rare seated burials featuring Gallic graves and a children’s cemetery.

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The Putnam Museum and Science Center is getting ready for its 2025 Gala, but things are a bit different this year. The dress ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

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A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment revealed that lead pollution in the Aegean Sea dates ...

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