Heron of Alexandria is said to have invented the first vending machine in the 1st century AD. So, how did this contraption work, and what did it dispense?
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The blocks weighed dozens of tons each and consisted of upright pillars and crossbeams that once formed the entrance to the ...
As the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler laid out plans for structures that would serve as monuments to himself. His grandest scheme was predicated on his absolute certainty Germany would conquer ...
Walk through the epic Luxor Temple, where pharaohs like Ramses II and even Alexander the Great left their mark, but look ...
How many of us knew that the city of Gaza, the war-torn Palestinian enclave, has a Greek past that defined the history of the ...