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Ancient artists created giant camel engravings in the Arabian desert

Almost 200 engravings created around 12,000 years ago have been discovered in Saudi Arabia, including depictions of camels etched into cliff faces over 40 metres high

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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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Anglo-Saxon coins

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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

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A skull unearthed in Harbin, China, turns out to belong to a Denisovan

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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鈥檛 have a species name

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Human bones found in Spanish cave show signs of ancient cannibalism

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DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon’s army in 1812

At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon鈥檚 retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques have identified two pathogens that may have contributed to some of the deaths

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Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful women who ever lived

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Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey

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Researchers re-enact a 30,000 year old sea voyage

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Prehistoric Spanish people transported 2-tonne stone by boat

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