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Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried with locals. Their descendants eventually formed new kingdoms whose legacies ...

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Sofonisba Anguissola's 16th-century painting of a clergyman was known only through a black-and-white photo. However, the ...

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While winter weather blanketed much of the United States in snow last week, mountains in the western part of the country are ...