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Rome Reshaped Spain’s DNA More Than the Visigoths Did, Ancient Genomes Show

In the early 5th century, a woman of high rank was buried beside an old Roman posting station on the Via Augusta, in what is now the province of Castellón. Her grave held a glass cup and two gold pins in a style from the Danube region. Her brother died in Mérida, the Roman city […]

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Spain’s “Great Wall” Was Never Built: It Is a 2,750 Feet Rock Ridge That a Medieval Lord Turned Into a Fortress

From the viewpoint at the chapel of San Marcos, it looks like the work of an army of stonemasons. Two lines of pale limestone, almost vertical, run down a hillside and disappear into the green water of the Canelles reservoir. A half-ruined chapel peeks out between them. Nobody built those walls. They are the Roques […]

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Student Protests Mushroom Across Europe, Exposing Bleak Views of the Future

Since high school students began protesting in France in September, they’ve been joined by young demonstrators in at least seven other European countries.

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Protesters against the high cost of living in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday.
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