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In Nuremberg, the cream of the crop of journalists and writers stayed in a castle for months to bear witness…
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Japan, late 16th century. Oda Nobunaga, a bold samurai and warlord, marks his reign with an architectural feat: Azuchi Castle.…
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In the 19th century, rival European powers hunted Egypt's pharaonic treasures. Pioneering Egyptologists balanced discovery and plunder in an epic…
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For many years, historians have gathered documents on Vlad III, aka Dracula. These sources all tell the story of a…
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