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Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls

Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety for the first time, thanks to scans and AI software

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Elite Maya people had teeth placed in a cave far from their tombs

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Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries before Stonehenge

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Oldest known plague outbreak killed hunter-gatherer children

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Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead

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What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa

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Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier

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Press Handout picture: ANCIENT ANAESTHETIC REVEALS THE SOPHISTICATED MEDICINE OF MING CHINA ? Microscopic analysis uncovers traces of anaesthetic on surgical instruments from an early Ming dynasty tomb. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZMcIfEltnmkddbPrcQk66zqZijuvsQhC Photograph shows: The sampled instruments and the residues analysed on each one.

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Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb

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How a visit to Stonehenge reminded me of deep time

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How a visit to Stonehenge reminded me of deep time

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Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved

In central Laos, the landscape is littered with enormous stone jars, some 3 metres high, and we may be closer to understanding how and when they were used

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The story of the first human tool: the humble container

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Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence

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Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones

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A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

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