Geckos lived in Europe as early as 47 million years ago, say paleontologists who have examined a nearly complete fossil gecko skull from central Germany. This previously unknown species was found in a ...

1. Our Oriental heritage, being a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan from the beginning to our own day, with an introduction on ...

For the past seventy-five-odd years, Europe has largely been at peace. But for much of its history, Europe was at war—with itself. Epic campaigns fought over religion, territory, and political ...