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The NCERT has released a new Grade 7 Social Science textbook, Exploring Societies: India and Beyond, which features a ...

Step back in time with this beautifully detailed medieval house built entirely in Minecraft. From timber beams to stone ...

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David Musgrove reports on new research that casts light on the appearance of the comet in the 11th century, and its depiction in the Bayeux Tapestry ...

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The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the submerged ruins of a medieval Silk Road city beneath Lake Issyk-Kul. Located in ...