The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of antiquity.

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Archaeologists like me are interested in the Middle Paleolithic—a period spanning 250,000 to 30,000 years ago—because it includes the first appearance of our species, our arrival into many parts of ...

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The Battle of Mycale was a pivotal moment in ancient Greek history, marking the end of the second Persian invasion of Greece.

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Among them were residents of the 600-year-old Andong Hahoe folk village, a UNESCO World Heritage site more than 130 miles southeast of Seoul. Villagers described the blaze as “the devil” on ...