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Sir Barry Cunliffe and a team of archaeologist roll up a Roman mosaic at Fishbourne Roman palace
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Roll up, roll up: how the Roman mosaics at Fishbourne Palace were saved

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Miners work hard in cramped conditions at the pit face in Ellington Colliery, Northumberland, 1951 (Photo by Getty Images)
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The Northumbrians: from Bede to Geordie Shore . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sunset at the Chephren Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Searching for the pharaohs: where are the tombs of Ancient Egypt’s missing kings and queens?

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Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett
20th Century

Percy Fawcett and the search for the ‘Lost City Of Z’

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Callanish standing stone circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. (Photo by Dreamstime)
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British prehistory: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland. (Photo by Dreamstime)
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Secrets of Lindisfarne . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Edwardian hat pin head found on the Thames shore. (Photo by Bloomsbury)
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Secrets of the river . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Davide Bonazzi
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The big question Should museums return their treasures?

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Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh presented by Viking Cruises opens at the Saatchi Gallery on 2 November. Tickets on-sale now, please visit: www.tutankhamun-london.com
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Treasures of Tutankhamun . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Figure of Tutankhamun
Ancient Egypt

In pictures: the glittering treasures of Tutankhamun

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The footprint of Old Sarum cathedral
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Explore Old Sarum: the regal and the rotten . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tutankhamun's blue and gold funerary mask
Ancient Egypt

Tutankhamun unmasked: 7 intriguing truths about the pharaoh and his treasures

The Temple Scroll, from the Dead Sea Scrolls
General ancient history

Digging for the Bible: 10 key discoveries from the Holy Land

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Daisy Dunn.
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The destruction of Pompeii . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Great Pyramid of Giza
Ancient Egypt

5 facts about the Great Pyramid of Giza