The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his ...

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The structure is the first known evidence of a building attributed to Vitruvius, the author of an architectural treatise that ...

As the newly elected vice chair of the Worcester School Committee, I am grounded by one clear belief: Our children must always come first. Every decision we make, every debate, every vote and every ...

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Well, it’s the new year and I know a lot of people hope it’s better than last year. Numerologically, 2025 was a good number for me (it adds up to 9, my favorite) and 2026 should be OK (it’s a 1). And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After cleaning, a major monument in Rome is set to be visible again. Sabina Crisan/dpa Restorers are freeing the impressive marble ...

ROME — Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being ...

Like many, I have an obsession with bad television. If it’s cringey, melodramatic and lacking substance you can bet your last dollar I’m going to watch it. Naturally, when my college roommate called ...