A time capsule filled with postcards, personal reflections, and local memorabilia will be buried near the Kicks 66 sculpture in Oklahoma, set to be opened in 2126. A time capsule filled with thousands of postcards and memorabilia will be buried near the…
The Spectator Australia If the Greeks and Romans could cope without a Budget, we can too Ancient states did not produce ‘budgets’. Ninety per cent of Greeks and Romans lived in self-sufficient farming communities; the rest sought work in the…
Gberefu Island is a community in the coastal area of the Atlantic Ocean, cutting across such riverine areas as the Awori, Ilaje, Aganyin (Togo), Seme, Egun, Tofi (Republic of Benin). FLORA ONWUDIWE who toured the community from the Badagry end…
Angola is a young country of 36.6 million people, and its 2024 census is the first in a decade. This guide explains who lives there and how. The Angola population reached 36,604,681 people in the final results of the 2024 census, Angola’s National Institute…
SOUTH AFRICA · JOHANNESBURG South Africa’s biggest city began as a gold camp in 1886 and votes for a new council on 4 November 2026. Here is how it works. This Johannesburg city guide explains South Africa’s largest city for a reader who has…
Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to host five megacities with populations exceeding 10 million residents by 2050, as the region's overall urban population nearly doubles to 1.7 billion. Data from the World Bank indicates that Angola's capital city, Luanda, will overtake Nigeria's commercial hub,…
Find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them. [ Coins from the Chew Valley Hoard, image © South West Heritage Trust] The exhibition marks a milestone for The Roman…
It's not easy to extract iron from its ore. But the peoples of the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe — the capital of a thriving kingdom in southern Africa between 1000 to 1700 AD — were masters. At sites near the city's stone ruins,…
The Western Roman Empire fell in 476, ending centuries of civilization. However, many empires that followed sought to revive that glory as their successors. No matter how strong the Byzantine claim was, it came to an end in 1453, as the Ottomans…
By Suphi Aksoy | Member of the Presidential Committee of the Bethnahrin National Council Within days, the genocidal attacks had spread to all the towns and villages of Tur Abdin. Thousands of Syriacs in the village of Qeleth also suffered a…
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