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This book is essential reading before watching the new Odyssey film
Homer still matters, argues Adam Nicolson in The Mighty Dead, a great primer to Christopher Nolan's new adaptation of the Odyssey, says Kelsey Hayes
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Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from ‘unreadable’ scrolls
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Elite Maya people had teeth placed in a cave far from their tombs
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Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries before Stonehenge
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Oldest known plague outbreak killed hunter-gatherer children
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Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead
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What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa
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Stonehenge’s altar stone probably wasn’t transported by a glacier
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Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor鈥檚 tomb
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How a visit to Stonehenge reminded me of deep time
On a visit to the UK, Sydney-based reporter James Woodford visited an archaeological site that was on his bucket list 鈥� and experienced a very special moment as the sun set
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Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved
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The story of the first human tool: the humble container
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Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence
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Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones
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