Italian grape and wine domestication took 7,000 years. Seeds show a shift from wild to cultivated types. Sardinia played a key role early.

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Scientific testing is being carried out on a ritually buried skeleton discovered near to a popular tourist attraction in ...

The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in Catholic history with absolutely no ...

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Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

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There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

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The Times Opinion columnist discusses religion and belief — at this moment in our politics, and in our lives more generally.

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The typical college general education curriculum, fractured into discipline-based silos, often fails to engage students with the profound questions and pressing controversies that shape human life and ...