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Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge reminders join Unesco’s World Heritage list
Three torture and execution sites, including the famous ‘Killing Fields’ Choeung Ek, have been added to the list of heritage ...
Scientists Sequence First Genome From Ancient Egypt, Revealing 4,800-Year-Old Secrets
The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...
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In Egypt, archaeologists have discovered the country’s largest ancient city, dating back 3,400 years. It has been nicknamed the ‘Egyptian Pompeii’!
In Luxor, Egypt, a ‘lost city of gold’ is gradually revealing the story of its construction and sudden abandonment more than 3,000 years ago. Its remains could reveal more about the troubled years of ...
Civilisations returns with unprecedented access to the British Museum’s collection
Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...
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Scientists Have Sequenced an Ancient Egyptian Skeleton’s Entire Genome for the Very First Time. Here’s What They Found
Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...