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Archaeologists unearthed a leopard bone from Viminacium, present-day Serbia, belonging to an animal native to Africa.

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The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in modern-day Turkey, was an ornate memorial built for Carian ruler Mausolus and overseen by his sister-wife Artemesia II.

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Taking on the Titus Andronicus is no easy feat, though this impressively scaled Theatre Works production takes a good stab at ...

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