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Midas Mound Gordion and landscape and cereal crop

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A three-year drought may have brought down the ancient Hittite empire

Wood from a burial chamber in modern Turkey reveals there was a sudden severe drought around the time Hittite cities were abandoned 3000 years ago

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Central Henge, Thornborough Henges. ?Historic England Archive

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Neolithic complex dubbed ‘Stonehenge of the North’ opens to UK public

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Excavations at Heath Wood in England

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Vikings brought horses and dogs to England, cremated bones confirm

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Embalming scene

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Ancient Egyptians used exotic oils from distant lands to make mummies

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The mummy of a boy digitally unwrapped in four stages

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Egyptian boy mummy was buried with a ‘second heart’ made of gold

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A view of one part of the Paleontology collection in the Musuem of Natural History, arranged by the addition of representative specimens from other parts of the three floors of fossils in the East Wing.

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Remnants of Ancient Life review: Explore the palaeobiology revolution

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We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts

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We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts

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Homo naledi skull

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Homo naledi may have used fire to cook and navigate 230,000 years ago

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The hunt for the lost ancestral language of Europe and southern Asia

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The hunt for the lost ancestral language of Europe and southern Asia

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The ivory comb

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Oldest legible sentence written with first alphabet is about head lice

The early adopters of the alphabet cared about their personal hygiene, judging by the inscription on the side of an ancient ivory comb

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Egyptology continues to astound 100 years after Tutankhamun was found

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Tutankhamun’s Secrets review: Lively TV documentary spills more beans

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Don’t Miss: Great Egyptology from Tutankhamun to Cleopatra’s daughter

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Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World is an engaging update

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