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The plague arrives and, despite concern for Hamnet’s more sickly twin sister Judith, takes the life of Shakespeare’s only son ...

Let that sink in. Because this week marks the 62nd anniversary of his death (Nov. 23) and once again reminds us of the ...

Around seven times larger than the White House, Uzbekistan’s Center for Islamic Civilization is a monument of epic ...

Ken Burns has come in for some deserved criticism for pushing the line, in his new documentary on the American Revolution, that the Founding Fathers got their ideas about confederative government from ...

Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe ...

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