The Patriarchate of Antioch is the only one of the fifteen autocephalous Orthodox Churches, and the only one of the five ...

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INDEX: Nubia When discussing the civilisations of the Nile Valley, many histories focus almost exclusively on the role of Egypt. But this approach ignores the emergence further so ...

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Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried pine needles, the risk of a fire hazard and impossibly tangled strings of lights?

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