The crusades to the Holy Land were a consuming obsession of Latin Christianity for four centuries and remain among the most famous episodes of the Middle Ages. Yet, in the perspective of history, they ...

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Susanne Hammel-Sawyer knew almost nothing about the traditions of her Chumash ancestors until she was 70. Today she is one of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians' premier basketmakers.

During a routine archaeological survey near Grudziądz, Poland, members of the Grudziądz Fortress Association unearthed an ancient enameled fibula — a Roman-era brooch used to fasten garments.

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The World Jewish Congress-supported Thrive Project initiative earlier this week convened Baltic and Nordic Jewish community ...

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On a damp and blustery morning, three-metre swells crash into the cracked hull of the MSC Baltic III, which was grounded on a pinnacle of rock on the west coast of Newfoundland earlier this year. The ...

P. Vishwanathan, a watchman by profession and a folk singer by passion, now has an entirely new address and role. The 40-year-old from the Kurunthan Unnathi (tribal colony) at Edaguni has been elected ...

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Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, France, July 5, 1959: Josephine Baker, her husband Jo (Joe) Bouillon and several of their ten adopted children at their home of Les Milandes in the Dordogne Valley. Baker has ...