Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

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Escape the crowds this summer on a hidden Greek island paradise of waterfalls, wild beaches, and ancient ruins.

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The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

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ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...