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By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

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Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula ...

A survey of more than 500 political scientists found that they believe the United States is headed towards authoritarian rule ...

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The latest tranche of records from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (VRTI) has 175,000 new documents lost in a fire at ...