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30,000-year-old toolkit shows what ancient hunter carried in a pouch

A set of 29 stone tools, including blades and points for hunting, butchering and cutting wood, were found neatly arranged as if carried in a leather pouch that decayed

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The oldest human mummies were slowly smoked 14,000 years ago

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Anglo-Saxon coins

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Britain’s economy thrived after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire

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TOPSHOT - Divers watch as a crane pulls an artifact from the waters at Abu Qir bay in Alexandria on August 21, 2025, as part of an event organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to recover sunken antiquities. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Treasures from sunken Egyptian city of Canopus emerge from the sea

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A skull unearthed in Harbin, China, turns out to belong to a Denisovan

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An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

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DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England

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Why a mysterious group of ancient humans doesn’t have a species name

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Human bones found in Spanish cave show signs of ancient cannibalism

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DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon’s army in 1812

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Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful women who ever lived

Astonishing new archaeological finds and ancient DNA analysis leave no doubt that throughout prehistory women were rulers, warriors, hunters and shamans

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Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey

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Researchers re-enact a 30,000 year old sea voyage

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Prehistoric Spanish people transported 2-tonne stone by boat

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An ancient Egyptian’s complete genome has been read for the first time

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