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2,500-Year-Old Graveyard Reveals the Burial of 39 Children and Just 2 Adults

A fairly unsettling discovery has been unearthed out of a recent excavation in Østfold county, Norway – a 2,500-year-old graveyard

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Greco-Roman Necropolis From Northern Turkey Reveals a ‘Sarcophagi Avenue’!

Excavations in a Greco-Roman period necropolis from the ancient city of Tios, in northern Turkey, marks the culmination of a

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Ancient Roman Appian Way Becomes Italy’s 60th UNESCO World Heritage Site

Italy’s Via Appia Antica, or Appian Way, the earliest and most significant road built by the ancient Romans, has been

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Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid Could Have Been Built Using Hydraulic Lift Technology

There has long been speculation about how the pyramids of Egypt were constructed. While there may be no single answer

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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express

It’s 1972, you are in your late teens, and you see a poster at your local railway station which promises

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50 Years of Cyprus Divided

Though only eight at the time, Graeme Stanford vividly recalls his experience during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July

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National Spirit and the 1900 Olympics

This year’s Paris Olympics are the third to be held in the city – where the decision was made in

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The Mystery of Thomas More’s Birthplace

Walking through London’s Cheapside is a journey through history. From the Old English ceapan, meaning ‘to buy’ (and nothing to