They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

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Sancho I, ruler of the kingdom of Léon in the north of modern-day Spain ... some dating back to ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Babylon in the third millennium B.C. Traditional natural remedies ...

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