The map room, bunks and much of the communication ... of the Knights of St John from the construction of Valletta in 1570 until the knights were booted out by Napoleon in 1798, the Grand Master ...

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Libyan military officials say they have apprehended hundreds of migrants traversing the country’s vast desert.

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The largest survey of our universe ever conducted suggests that it closely matches the model most favored by cosmologists. It ...

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The British Museum houses a vast collection of artefacts from around the world, including remnants from ancient civilisations. In a recent video posted on YouTube, the museum unveiled one such amazing ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.