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NEW YORK, May 15 — She is without doubt the most famous woman of Antiquity. For centuries, archeologists have been trying to unravel the many mysteries surrounding Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Researchers at the University of Hawaii are trying to shed light on a very specific aspect of her...

In studying and reviving long-ago scents, archaeologists aim to understand how people experienced, and interpreted, their worlds through smell.

Thousands of years have passed since anyone knew what Cleopatra’s perfume smelled like, but University of Hawaii professor Robert Littman hopes he’ll know for certain soon.

AMHERST — A series of zoning changes, including one that could offer the opportunity for a private developer to build downtown Amherst’s second parking garage, continue to move forward.Despite numerous oral and written appeals asking the Town Council...

AMHERST — A series of zoning changes, including one that could offer the opportunity for a private developer to build downtown Amherst’s second parking garage, continue to move forward.Despite numerous oral and written appeals asking the Town Council...

By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 10, 2020 When Beverly Dillon’s home phone rang on a late summer evening in 2019, she ignored it. She didn’t recognize the number and assumed it was a pesky marketing call to her home in a small Montana town near Glacier National Park. But as the caller began leaving a message on her old-fashioned answering machine — mentioning the surnames Vincent and McAllister — Dillon raced to pick up the phone. “Yes! I was a Vincent before ...