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16 hours ago · June 3, 2024, 5:02 a.m. ET. From the bridge of the three-masted windjammer, the Sea Cloud Spirit, the captain called out the words we’d all been waiting for. “Let’s set the sails!” he ...
3 days ago · May 31, 2024 9:25 AM PT. One of the best diets for health keeps getting better. A new study that tracked more than 25,000 women for a quarter century found that the more their eating patterns were...
1 day ago · As societies broke down, survivors from collapsed civilizations in the Aegean may have banded together to form a loose confederation. They then moved along the eastern Mediterranean, looking for somewhere to rebuild. Perhaps Egypt, one of the last strongholds of the age, looked like the most inviting spot.
3 days ago · Not only did closely following the Mediterranean diet cut the risk of early death by 23%, it lessened the risk of dying from cancer by 17% and dying from cardiovascular disease by 20%, the study ...
4 days ago · Travel. In the age of exploration and discovery, Italian merchants played a pioneering role in revolutionizing naval travel and forever changing the way the world connected. From the bustling ports of Venice to the ancient city of Genoa, these enterprising individuals harnessed the power of trade, technology, and innovation to build an empire ...
5 days ago · Gold Beach was the central of the five Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Primarily British units, with massive naval and air support, were set the task of taking the beach, a feat achieved by the end of the day, using a combination of armoured vehicles and infantry who negotiated mines and obstacles to storm the German defences.
2 days ago · June 2, 2024by Lorenzo Colombo. Pier Capponi was a medium-cruising submarine, second unit of the Mameli class (displacement of 830 tons on the surface and 1,010 in submergence). No longer a young boat (it was nicknamed “old nail” by the crew), it nevertheless had a considerable war activity, mainly in the waters around Malta, before meeting ...
