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Running dry

The collapse of Classic Maya civilisation was brought about by war and social unrest driven by climate change, newly published research suggests.…

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Decoding Demotic

A 37-year project to compile a dictionary of Demotic – the language of ordinary ancient Egyptians – has been completed, opening a…

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Recycling ideas

Recycling is no modern concept: our ancestors were putting old tools to new uses 13,000 years ago, archaeologists in Spain have discovered.…

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Jobs for the girls

Austrian archaeologists are reconsidering prehistoric gender roles after the discovery of what could be the earliest female metalworker. The burial of a…

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