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archaeology

Drawing on rock

Humans

World’s first drawing is a red crayon doodle made 73,000 years ago

Early humans made red ochre crayon to draw lines on small rock 73,000 years ago. It was probably part of a larger artwork

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Barbegal mill

Humans

A huge water-powered factory helped make food for Roman sailors

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Doomed crew seeking Northwest Passage didn’t die from lead poisoning

Humans

Doomed crew seeking Northwest Passage didn’t die from lead poisoning

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Ancient palace in Samarra

Humans

The ancient palaces of Iraq glittered with a special type of glass

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The cemetary was built around 5000 years ago near Lake Turkana

Humans

5000-year-old monument was built by a society without leaders

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Stone Henge silhouetted in front of the setting sun

Humans

Mystery of Welsh bodies buried at Stonehenge as first stones arrived

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Mass graves found on Scottish islands may be ancient tsunami victims

Earth

Mass graves found on Scottish islands may be ancient tsunami victims

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Stone Age bakers made first bread thousands of years before farming

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Stone Age bakers made first bread thousands of years before farming

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Tregaron in Wales

Earth

Record temperatures mean ancient forts become visible in fields

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photographic film

Life

The amazing assortment of stuff at the bottom of one Amsterdam canal

Archaeologists have been given a unique opportunity to peel back the layers of history lying under Amsterdam, finding more than 700,000 objects that cover centuries

Regulars

Life

Mystery gibbon found buried in tomb of ancient Chinese royalty

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Humans

Ötzi the Iceman ran out of rock to make his tools before he died

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Life

The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought

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Humans

Mystery of why Stone Age villagers spent so much time underwater

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