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Who Was the Roman Author Tacitus & Should We Trust Him?
The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...
They came for the canonization of a millennial saint. They stayed for Pope Francis’ funeral
They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint but ended up bidding farewell to Pope ...
Pope Francis was the first Jesuit pope of the Catholic Church. What is a Jesuit?
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and social action.
Decades before Chandigarh, a European architect and an Indian patron brought modernism to our shores
The exhibition 'Eckart Muthesius and Manik Bagh' highlights the modernist architecture of Indore's Manik Bagh, showcasing the ...
'Conclave' author explains secretive Vatican process after Pope Francis' death
As Pope Francis's funeral approaches, 'Conclave' author Robert Harris discusses the papal selection process and why ...
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First physical evidence found of gladiators fighting fierce animals in Roman arenas
Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...
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Curators, art historians and other creative minds share their pick of J. M. W Turner's best works, on the 250th anniversary of his birth
Cold moonlight, golden sunset and shimmering waters are only three reasons to love Turner. On the 250th anniversary of his ...
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Archaeologists found another Egyptian royal tomb—but who does it belong to?
The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...
No one took greater imaginative leaps and risks than Turner – he’s Britain’s greatest artist
It’s 250 years since the birth of this prodigious son of a barber and a wigmaker, but his weather-obsessed, sea-enamoured ...
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Worcester bishop: Pope Francis showed 'will of steel' in his final days
WORCESTER ― Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus called Pope Francis a pastor of the people who had a "will of steel" and wanted, with God's grace, to get through Lent despite his ill health.
The real ‘Great Gatsby’: Meet the men who likely inspired the infamous novel
In 1951, a blind 65-year-old man named Max Gerlach was listening to the radio when something jolted him to attention. A guest ...
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How a Jewish boy from Canterbury became a Zulu chieftain
A new book tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, a 19th-century British Jew who played a complicated role in the colonization ...