Holland

Richard Hodges travels to: Dorestad, Netherlands

Troy is not a place one normally associates with Holland. Yet the Dutch claim to have their own version: Dorestad. It lies…

Analysis of skeletons reveals unusual death…

Waterlogged conditions produce evidence for rowers on Roman barges…

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Pre-Columbian mass grave found in Peru
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Early evidence of leprosy identified in the Caribbean
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Slaves’ room found in Pompeii
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Early evidence of clothing manufacture discovered in a Moroccan cave
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