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Boy's body was mummified and turned green by a copper coffin

The green mummified remains of a teenager buried in Italy 200 to 400 years ago have given us new insights into the preservative properties of copper

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How a surge in ancient plagues 5000 years ago shaped humanity

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How a surge in ancient plagues 5000 years ago shaped humanity

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Who were the first humans to reach the British Isles?

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An illustration of a scroll being unfurled by two hands, surrounded by Roman columns and wisps of smoke, with a Roman figure in a toga at the centre

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We’re finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum’s lost library

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'Pregnancy test' for skeletons could help reveal ancient mothers

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Ancient artists created giant camel engravings in the Arabian desert

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

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

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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

This statue is one of many artefacts pulled from below the waves near Alexandria and may have belonged to the ancient city of Canopus, which sank due to rising sea levels

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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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