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A remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus has been unearthed in Hungary's capital, offering a rare window into the life of the young woman inside and the world she inhabited around 1,700 years ago ...

“What do you do?” This is a common and frequently asked question at garden parties, but the question always feels strange to me. Maybe that's because I am Hui, people of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. The ...

Not even quite five years after launching, PS5 has sold more systems in the US than the PS3 ever did. Circana's Mat Piscatella revealed the intriguing tidbit about Sony's current-gen console on ...

Excavations in the ancient Roman city Gabii have uncovered a water basin that could predate much of Roman monumental architecture. Experts believe the water basin could sit alongside another ...

An excavation in Turkey has yielded not just artifacts — it's yielded millennia-old recipes that are bringing the flavors of Ancient Rome back to life. Archaeologists in Turkey recently completed digs ...

Tami Roman has achieved something many parents hope for: having children who successfully graduate from college. The Caught in the Act: Unfaithful host’s youngest daughter, Jazz Anderson, recently ...

A small-town attorney takes on pharmaceutical giants as opioids devastate his community. With his hometown ravaged by the opioid epidemic, attorney Paul Farrell Jr. takes on pharmaceutical giants to ...

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