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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
Why ancient pilgrimages are back in vogue in the UK
Using the great outdoors as a tonic to the stresses of modern life has surged since covid, and pilgrimages — meditative, ...
The sun has literally set on the British Empire
The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the ...
The Life Scientific - Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites - BBC Sounds
Jim Al-Khalili digs into the subterranean world of ancient bones with Jacqueline McKinley. Read more ...
Amber Anning makes British history to win 400m gold at World Athletics Indoor Championships
Amber Anning makes British history to win 400m gold at World Athletics Indoor Championships - Anning is the first British ...
A look at some of history’s worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut Heathrow
A fire that closed London’s Heathrow Airport has sparked one of the most serious disruptions to air travel in years.
BTS’ Jungkook’s Seven Ft. Latto Creates History With BRIT Gold Certification
BTS’ Jungkook’s GOLDEN pre-release Seven has earned an unexpected BRIT gold certification in UK. Read for details on the same ...
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
Britain’s oldest pop band to split after farewell show at Glastonbury
Britain’s oldest pop band to split after farewell show at Glastonbury - The Searchers have been touring regularly since they ...
Opinion
Tyrannical leader? Why comparisons between Trump and King George III miss the mark on 18th-century British monarchy
This system, known as limited monarchy, was the pride of Great Britain. It was also admired by the American founders. As late as 1774, in his Summary View of the Rights of British America, Thomas ...
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ...
A History of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
The law’s roots lie in an undeclared sea conflict between a young American nation and France. President John Adams signed the ...