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Nesyamun mummy

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Listen to the groaning voice of a 3000-year-old Egyptian mummy

By recreating a mummy’s vocal tract through 3D printing, we now know what an ancient Egyptian priest sounded like

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Rocky point, Australia

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The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia

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Ancient Romans may have used Chinese medicine to treat coeliac disease

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Ancient Romans may have used Chinese medicine to treat coeliac disease

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roast vegetables

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Earliest roasted root vegetables found in 170,000-year-old cave dirt

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H8NH0B Museum of Prehistoric Thera in Fira, Santorini.

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Ancient monkey painting suggests Bronze Age Greeks travelled widely

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archaeological excavation

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Lost Ethiopian town comes from an ancient empire that rivalled Rome

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Reconstructing ancient technology: How our ancestors made tools

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The prehistoric pup

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Ancient puppy found in permafrost still has its fur and whiskers

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Fiskardo village

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Roman shipwreck full of 2000-year-old jugs found on Greek sea floor

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human skull

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We can now settle debates on when ancient people lived using their DNA

It isn't always possible to carbon date old bones, leading researchers to argue about when ancient people lived – using ancient DNA as a dating tool could help

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Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

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Neanderthals' cave art skills questioned in dispute over age of images

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Ötzi the Iceman's last journey revealed by moss found in his stomach

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Some monkeys reuse their stone tools but others just chuck them away

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