The Catholic Church banned his writings, and beliefs in the1500's. In Italy, Galileo was put on trial by the Inquisition for ...

Alexander the Great was the ruler of one of the biggest empires in the ancient world. However, he died before his 33rd birthday, leaving behind a legend. He was careful and apparently avoided many ...

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Upper part of the stele discovered with the monolingual inscription of the Canopus decree. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt In a discovery described as transcendental, an Egyptian ...

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Researchers have recently managed to decipher the manuscript of the ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy 200 years after its discovery. The manuscript is thought to have been written ...

Whether a child is the firstborn, a middle child, the youngest, or an only child may affect how their family treats them, how much attention they receive, and how they may compete for their parents’ ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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Alexander the Great, one of the most famous conquerors in history, was born in 365 BC. At the age of 20, after the death of his father who was king of Macedonia, a region in the north of Greece, ...

Fragments of Hipparchus’ Star Catalog were uncovered by researchers using multispectral imaging. Credit: Museum of the Bible Collection Researchers have discovered fragments of the Star Catalog ...