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Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought

A boomerang discovered in a Polish cave was originally dated as 18,000 years old, but it may have been contaminated by preservation materials. A new estimate suggests the mammoth-ivory artefact is 40,000 years old

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Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes

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Tutankhamon's solid gold death mask

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Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

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Leprosy was in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans

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Before the Great Wall, Chinese rulers built a shallow ditch

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We’re about to unlock the secrets of ancient human brains

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Medieval woman was executed and displayed on London riverbank

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Ancient Maltese temples may have been schools for celestial navigation

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First evidence of gladiator fight with lion seen in Roman-era skeleton

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Excavation in Sudan shows Roman Empire wasn’t as mighty as it claimed

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought

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Ancient computer's gears may not have been able to turn

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Iron Age site was a purple dye factory for centuries

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Drought may have sped the demise of Rapa Nui sculpture culture

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Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using ancient techniques

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