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By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

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Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

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A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.