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Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years

Intact human brains 12,000 years old or more have been found in unexpected places such as shipwrecks and waterlogged graves, but it is unclear what preserved them

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Amazingly preserved Bronze Age village reveals life in ancient England

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Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonised by early humans

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A close-up view of a burial trench between rows of individual graves, excavated between the concrete foundations of the Royal Mint, from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London, view looking west. (Photo by MOLA/Getty Images)

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Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages

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Ancient bronze hand may offer clue to the origins of Basque language

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When does a bone become a fossil?

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Dogs and horses buried with Iron Age people may have been beloved pets

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Submerged wall could be the largest Stone Age megastructure in Europe

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Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says

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Mammoth tusk tool may have been used to make ropes 37,000 years ago

Experiments with a replica suggest that a piece of mammoth ivory with carved holes found in a cave in Germany was used by ancient humans to make ropes

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Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago

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Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,000 years ago

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The lion gate at Hattusa

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How fall of Bronze Age civilisations holds lessons for modern world

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Humans first reached China thousands of years earlier than we thought

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Ancient cities discovered in the Amazon are the largest yet found

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