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It sounds awful to a modern person, but it seems the Romans did not complain about the smell of the ancient city that much.

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What it tells us about the past: In 1860, a farmer was tilling a field in central Slovakia when he unearthed a spectacular paneled gold Byzantine crown. For more than a century, experts have argued ...

From Grenfell Tower to ancient Mediterranean cities, we're still creating gods and shrines in unexpected places.

On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.