AL KHOR, Qatar — Just before dusk in a desolate stretch of Qatari desert, Saqr al-Humaidi slipped on a worn leather glove and readied his falcon for its daily training. Coaxing the bird out of the back seat of his Toyota Land Cruiser, Mr. al-Humaidi, 40, removed a round hood from its head and nodded […]
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Hidden in 54 Corpses, a Revelation About Ancient Greece
DNA from a 2,500-year-old battlefield in Sicily reveals that mercenary soldiers were common, if not the Homeric ideal.