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Even as Germany’s defeat loomed, the Nazis deported nearly 1,700 Jews of the Ladino-speaking community of Rhodes to concentration camps.
Alexander the Great brought elephants back to the Mediterranean world after campaigning in northern India, where elephants had been used for centuries in warfare – and would be for centuries to come.
Trials of four-day working weeks have produced different results - can the approach be good for staff and their bosses?
Forcing the younger generation to work harder to support a growing elderly population is neither efficient nor sustainable. Canada shouldn’t seek to follow in Greece’s footsteps.
In ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine.
The proposed EU asylum and migration reforms focus on securing borders and making it easier to deport people, with little protection for migrants and asylum seekers.
However exciting the technological developments may be, the task of reading and analyzing the Greek and Latin texts recovered from the papyri will fall to human beings.
One village recorded 1.5 year’s rain in 18 hours.
From ill-thought renovation schemes to the latest row over the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles, this is not the first time the British Museum reckons with a custodianship crisis.
Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
South Africa’s minister of finance should have used the bailout of Eskom to fast-track its split and introduce the private sector into the electricity sector.
The Erdogan government’s response to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey has been widely criticised. But how it might affect the forthcoming presidential election remains to be seen.
A historian of the late Roman world, who visited earthquake-devastated Antakya several times, writes about the city’s rich history and recovery after being devastated in the past.
Lucian’s work provides insight into the second-century Roman world, which fostered multilingualism and multiculturalism.
The British Museum appears close to a decision on returning the Elgin marbles – here’s how it might navigate the legal challenges.
In the wake of revelations on the EU’s failure to protect migrants, an MSF doctor details how those seeking to reach Europe’s shores are increasingly falling prey to violent deterrence methods.
Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admits his intelligence agency surveilled journalists but denies using illegal Predator software on them.
Tensions between Greece and Turkey are nothing new, but the future cannot be built on the grievances of the past. For greater regional stability, both countries must de-escalate.
The Cold War provided the US with strategic and defensive advantages; some politicians also used it to push their view of what it meant to be American.
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