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Researchers can now recover DNA from centuries-old parchment without damaging the manuscripts, turning historic documents into unexpected genetic time capsules. The hidden clues could reveal ancient ...

Learn more about the people who once used Grotta della Monaca as a sacred burial site. The mountains in northwestern Calabria were once home to a Bronze Age community, and perhaps a startling family ...

Throughout history, ancient civilizations erected structures that continue to inspire awe and wonder, but how did they do it? And what secrets lie hidden within the walls of these incredible monuments ...

Academic libraries across the globe are stuffed with hundreds of thousands of Ancient Greek papyrus fragments. Though many are so damaged that their meaning is probably lost, scholars have the ability ...

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For decades, stories about the ancient Mediterranean have centred on the grand cultures of Greece, Rome, Phoenicia and Egypt. North-west Africa seldom enters the picture before the arrival of ...