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Tadmakka

From the 14th century AD the city of Timbuktu, in West Africa, became legendary for the wealth it offered merchants crossing the…

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…

Genetic Research

Chinese people say that many Americans and Europeans have a distinctive odour. If you ask ‘what do they smell like’, some say…

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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…