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A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt

Soil core samples show an ancient riverbed under the desert near many Egyptian pyramids, revealing an ancient waterway that dried up thousands of years ago

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01379-7 The Red Pyramid at the Dahshur necropolis, constructed during the Fourth Dynasty.

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Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

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Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

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Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty

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Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert

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Australia’s Indigenous people were making pottery over 2000 years ago

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Stone Age blades could have been used for butchery, not just hunting

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MPTKBG Trumpets and trumpet tube, Bronze Age (Britain), (c2500 BC-c800 BC). Artist: Unknown.

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Sound Tracks: A fascinating archaeological history of music

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Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints

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Medieval horses buried in London had far-flung origins

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Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years

Intact human brains 12,000 years old or more have been found in unexpected places such as shipwrecks and waterlogged graves, but it is unclear what preserved them

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Amazingly preserved Bronze Age village reveals life in ancient England

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Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonised by early humans

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A close-up view of a burial trench between rows of individual graves, excavated between the concrete foundations of the Royal Mint, from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London, view looking west. (Photo by MOLA/Getty Images)

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Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages

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Ancient bronze hand may offer clue to the origins of Basque language

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