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Map of part of Maysan province, Iraq, showing the predicted location of archaeological sites

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AI spots Mesopotamian archaeological sites in satellite images

An artificial intelligence can identify sites of Mesopotamian remains with 80 per cent accuracy – it could help archaeologists quickly work out where to dig

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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

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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

Culture

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

We've long known there was an ancient language that gave rise to English, Bengali and dozens of other tongues – now we’re on the brink of working out where Proto-Indo-European was spoken

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Oldest legible sentence written with first alphabet is about head lice

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

Culture

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

Culture

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Immersive Tutankhamun exhibition reveals the grandeur of his treasures

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