A scholar analyzed data about UNESCO World Heritage sites to explain why European cultural relics like Notre Dame are so beloved, while splendid monuments elsewhere remain relatively unknown.
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Losing to Sunderland in 1934 forced Spanish writers and commentators to look beyond football for answers.
For the Native people of California, the dream has been more of a nightmare.
An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.
Under Fidel Castro, Cuba declared itself as an atheist state. Castro’s relationship with religion, however, was far more complex. It left a deep impact on the religious identity of Cuba.




