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King Henry VIII’s warship the Mary Rose carried crew from North Africa

The Mary Rose, a warship that sank off the south coast of England about 475 years ago, carried some crew members who may have come from North Africa

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Dr Wu-Lien Teh

People in Science

Dr Wu Lien-teh

The alphabet may have been invented 500 years earlier than we thought

Humans

The alphabet may have been invented 500 years earlier than we thought

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Henrietta Lacks

People in Science

Henrietta Lacks

British legal deeds were once written on sheepskin to prevent fraud

Humans

British legal deeds were once written on sheepskin to prevent fraud

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Dr Wernher von Braun

People in Science

Wernher von Braun

Virtual letter

Technology

Algorithm reveals contents of fragile letters sealed for 300 years

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Where were the first cities built

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Where was the first city in the world?

bamboo rafts

Humans

Stone Age humans chose to voyage to Japanese islands over the horizon

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How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

Health

How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

Jews imprisoned in a ghetto during the second world war stamped out a big typhus outbreak using public health measures like those currently being used to fight covid-19

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Humans

We've just found the largest and oldest Mayan monument yet

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Humans

Egyptian pyramids really were aligned with the compass points

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Health

The 'ancestral diet' doesn't make sense and relies on lazy stereotypes

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Technology

Don't miss: Emotional veg, antique innovations and spooky maths

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