Throughout ancient Egyptian history, taxes were very much part of daily life. Most Egyptians were farmers who owed the state both a period of labor service and a portion of their annual harvest. The ...

Crocodiles loomed large in the world of the ancient Egyptians. The Nile teemed with the lurking reptiles, and farmers, who made up most of the population, encountered them on a daily basis. While ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

Dutch Girl Holdings and Irving Ventures' Queen Maxima is set to make her 5-year-old debut in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (G3T) Jan. 11, where she will face eight rivals in the 6 1/2-furlong event ...

Bucchero mare comes off strong 4-year-old campaign and has shown an affinity for Santa Anita's hillside turf course ...

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ABSTRACT: Viral hepatitis E is a major public health problem, particularly in pregnant women given the decline in immunity, with negative implications for the health of pregnant women and healthcare ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

In a quiet corner of New York’s Brooklyn Museum, a luminous alabaster sculpture of an Egyptian queen commands attention. Just 16 inches high, the sculpture is modest in scale but arresting in presence ...