How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
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How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
He calls Oliver Stone’s 2004 film ... Thousands of clay tablets found in Persepolis, in modern-day Iran, are finally being translated — and they show his importance, he says.
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The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...