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The earliest written records of soap-like substances date to around 2500 B.C. in Mesopotamia. Clay tablets indicate that the ...

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I am rereading Brideshead Revisited. It must be a dozen years since I last pulled this favourite Evelyn Waugh novel from our ...

In this day and age, we have renewable energy, self-driving cars, and printable organs. Technology has developed at such an ...

An archaeological team has initiated a comprehensive survey in southeast Iran as part of efforts to trace further Bronze Age ...

The long cycles of planetary ice ages and warming allowed prehistoric people to shift from nomadic hunting and gathering to ...

A groundbreaking study has made it possible to extract much more information from fingerprints for use as evidence than what ...

Despite being among the most advanced of the ancient civilisations, little is known about the Indus Valley Civilisation to ...

The Hamptons International Film Festival has officially unveiled its full lineup, as IndieWire can announce. The beloved HIFF has added a slew of buzzy features for its 2024 program, as presented by ...