northern

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However, northern Honduras has been the site of ongoing agrarian conflict for years.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"Modern hunter-gatherer groups often see caves as a gateway into the spirit world, and this may be why we see so many caves used for burial by Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in northern Europe."

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Many of the children in illegal children's homes are located in terraced or suburban housing in parts of northern England with cheaper rents.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Despite the storm and the treacherous waters, Kontos, a skilled mariner, managed to guide his two boats to shelter in Antikythera’s only harbor, a small cove on its northern coast called Potamos.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler