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Digging Deeper

In Brian Fagan's latest instalment of all things archaeological that are both exotic and entertaining he worships Maya macaws, reveals the oldest…

Nero, Digging with

Archaeologists excavating Nero’s Domus Aurea (Golden House, so-called because of its original gold-leaf interior) have found the foundations of what they believe…

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Ghadames

The oasis town of Ghadames is an architectural gem in western Libya. It once lay on the trans-Saharan trade-route described in the…

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Périgord Noir

Périgord possesses two superlative assets: unrivalled rock art and matchless cuisine. The two seem utterly incompatible: after all, it stretches one’s imagination…

CWA 38

We think of chemical weapons as one of the horrifying features of modern warfare.  We might assume that it all started with…

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