8 Illuminating Facts About the Vindolanda Tablets
The Vindolanda tablets tell us a lot about life in early Roman Britain.
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Ecologist tracks birds of prey to find Israeli dead
Ohad Hatzofe said he is using his knowledge of bird behaviour to recover corpses after Hamas's attack.
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12 Fascinating Facts About the Lewis Chessmen
They're the most famous chess pieces in history—but much of their story is still unknown
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Archaeologists reveal face of Peru's 'Ice Maiden' mummy
Experts have reconstructed the face of the 'Ice Maiden', an Inca girl sacrificed in the Andes
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Brazil drought reveals ancient rock carvings of human faces
The carvings of human faces on the shore of the Amazon are thought to be at least 1,000 years old.
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Europe's oldest shoe found in Spanish bat cave
The 6,000 year old woven sandals are among dozens of prehistoric objects being analysed by scientists.
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Victoria’s Secret Can’t Let Go of Its Angel Wings
Victoria’s Secret & Co. has been seeking penance with shoppers after a backlash to its sexy imagery, with
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Half-million-year-old wooden structure unearthed
Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.
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V&A cares for looted Yemeni funeral stones
The stones were reported by an archaeology enthusiast in an interior design shop.
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US Retail Workers Are Fed Up and Quitting at Record Rates
To be a US retail worker in 2023 means fielding an onslaught of growing American anxieties about everything
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Dead Sea reveals four 1,900-year-old Roman swords in cave
The excellently-preserved weapons are believed to have been hidden by Judean rebels 1,900 years ago.
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Peru: Priest of Pacopampa exhumed after 3,000 years
The tomb in northern Peru contained the remains of a man dubbed the Priest of Pacopampa, officials say.
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