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The markings on a pillar in southern Turkey are more than decorations on the stone, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh says. They may memorialize a time when comet fragments struck Earth. By ...

Archaeologists discovered a small, clay tablet covered in cuneiform in the ancient ruins of Alalah, a major Bronze Age-era city located in present-day Turkey. Researchers have deciphered parts of the ...

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As part of the countdown to Paris 2024, FIFA looks back at Hungary’s run to gold at the 1952 Olympic Games, which foreshadowed their march to the World Cup final two years later. The Men's Olympic ...

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