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The Tombs of the Assyrian Queens Yaba, Banitu, and Atalia The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb ...

Archeological excavations of Pompeii continue to shed light on the daily lives of ancient Romans.

Arthur Frommer, who has died aged 95, created Frommer’s travel guides, introducing Americans to the idea of travelling on a ...

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In similar fashion, the tragedy of modern Guatemala owes its origins to U.S. foreign policy. A garrison state for more than forty years, Guatemala was home to the longest and bloodiest civil war ...

Similarly, whilst GlaxoSmithKline’s origins can be traced back as far as 1715, it was only in the middle of the 19th century that Beecham became involved in the industrial production of medicine ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreFor over 2,000 years, Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States. Chaco Canyon, a major centre of ancestral Pueblo culture between 850 and ...

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