From the May/June 2026 edition of National Geographic History magazine.

Title: "Apollo of Cyrene: Emblem of an Ancient City", by Ruben Montoya Gonzalez.

Cyrene, a city in Northeast Syria, an important urban center in ancient times, was devastated by a huge earthquake in 262 AD and another, estimated at 8.0-8.5 magnitude, in 365 AD. In 1861, two British explorers uncovered many sculptures in the ruins, including a magnificent, massive one of Apollo. It resides in the British Museum to this day.

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March/April 2026 edition of National Geographic History magazine.

"Mary Stuart, The Tragic Queen", by Pedro Garcia Martin.

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was born into clan rivalries. The subject of an opera, a play, and countless films and biographies, she was considered by some a martyr, by others a heretic. Accused of plotting her husband's death, she was sent to prison in Scotland but fled to England only to be put to death by her cousin Elizabeth I, the Queen of England

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March/April 2026 edition of National Geographic History magazine.

Title: "War-torn Village Keeps Christ's Language Alive", by Ryan Biller.

The village of Maaloula is nestled in a cleft in the rugged limestone hills of the Qalamoun Mountains in southwestern Syria. It's the last sizeable settlement where Western Aramaic, the language used by Jesus, is still spoken. The Syrian Civil War scattered its residents but efforts to nurture the language to those who returned and via website hold hope for the future of Aramaic.

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