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Dr Eline Schotsmans holding a Replica of Neolithic female human cranium

The Australian scientist helping to re-write the story of civilisation

Dr Eline Schotsmans has co-authored major new findings showing the “world’s first city” may have venerated women as the centre of society.

  • Angus Dalton

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A Viking warrior, or at least what we imagine he might look like.

Extraordinary stash of Viking treasure is not what you’d expect

A new exhibition provides insights into the lives of the well-travelled traders around 900AD.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD, in the Simmering district of Vienna, Austria.

Rare mass grave of Roman soldiers under soccer field points to birth of Vienna

Twenty centuries ago, Roman soldiers battled Germanic tribes in present day Vienna. Their rare remains suggest a catastrophic military confrontation and hasty retreat.

  • Eve Sampson
The king once buried in this tomb was thought to have ruled parts of Egypt some 3600 years ago.

‘Potential to rewrite history’: Archaeologists find tomb from lost dynasty of kings

The huge tomb, buried seven metres underground, dates from 3600 years ago.

  • Alan Yuhas

Disturbing rituals, ‘sex pots’, jewellery: The surprise relics being unearthed in Peru

When it comes to fascinating ancient artefacts, this Andean nation has so much beyond Machu Picchu.

  • Tim Elliott
EGMY0X The treasury is also called Al Khazna, it is the most magnificant and famous facade in Petra Jordan *** FEE APPLIES *** sataug28cover unesco world heritage site / sites ; text by Michael Turtle ; extract from "Great World Wonders" from Hardie Grant ; *** SINGLE PRINT AND ONLINE USE *** credit: Alamy

The world’s 20 most incredible lost cities you can still visit

While many “lost cities” are no longer lost, there can be joy in finding them for yourself.

  • Chris Leadbeater
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Scientists have identified the conditions in which human brain tissue turned into glass after a volcanic eruption.

‘Absolutely mind-blowing’: Human brain turned to glass by volcanic eruption

The finding potentially re-writes our understanding of what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

  • Angus Dalton
A representation of how the Roman London Basilica, recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a City of London office building, would have looked 2000 years ago.

2000-year-old basilica found in London office basement

Archaeologists at the site of a planned 32-storey office tower have unearthed the remains of a thriving Roman town centre at the heart of old Londinium.

  • Jill Lawless
An Egyptian mug from the second century B.C. at the Tampa Museum of Art that was found to have traces of hallucinogenic plants.

Psychedelic traces found on mug from ancient Egypt

Egyptians may have used hallucinogenic substances as part of a fertility rite, researchers say.

  • Alexander Nazaryan
Some of the footprints of two humans pieces found side by side in Kenya.

Footprints show two human species crossed paths 1.5 million years ago

One had an ape-like big toe, the other a high arch. One was a juvenile, another had a stiff foot.

  • Will Dunham

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