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Archaeologists uncover settlement from golden age of ancient Egypt

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago and included a temple dedicated to pharaoh Ramesses II

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Complete terracotta prismoid, in octagonal form, eight columns of inscription, historical inscription of Tiglathpileser I, describing his campaigns and buildings. ? The Trustees of the British Museum

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Gripping story reveals race to crack world's oldest script, cuneiform

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Relics in Tutankhamun’s tomb hint he invented elaborate burial rites

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10. Regalia presented to Ashurbanipal

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Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life

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Ancient ancestor of the plague discovered in Bronze Age sheep

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A man's brain was turned into glass by the eruption of Vesuvius

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When did people start building houses with corners?

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Pompeii’s streets show how the city adapted to Roman rule

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Enigmatic people who took over Europe millennia ago came from Ukraine

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Volcano-scorched Roman scroll is read for the first time in 2000 years

A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to X-ray imaging and machine learning

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Ancient society may have carved 'sun stones' to end volcanic winter

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Celtic tribe's DNA points to female empowerment in pre-Roman Britain

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Intricate ancient tattoos revealed by shining lasers on mummies

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Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do

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