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Jewish Cemetery Lost Since 1290 Found in London

A hidden medieval Jewish cemetery, once believed to be lost, has been rediscovered beneath the Barbican Estates in London, close…

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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial

Like all legal institutions, the Spanish Inquisition recognised that justice needed not only to be done but also to be…

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Ancient Humans Survived the Last Ice Age Without Migrating Like Other Species

John Stewart & Jeremy Searle/The Conversation Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways…

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Insights into Early Modern Human Activity in the Jungles of Southeast Asia

Studying microscopic layers of dirt dug from the Tam Pà Ling cave site in northeastern Laos has provided a team…

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How a Witch-hunting Manual & Social Networks Ignited Europe’s Witch Craze

The sudden emergence of witch trials in early modern Europe may have been fueled by one of humanity's most significant…

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Celtic Symbols Unearthed at San Vicenzo, Spain

Excavations conducted over the month of September at Castro de San Vicenzo in Plane, Ourense, Spain, has led the uncovering…

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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis

In 1866 James Hole, a writer from Leeds, called for ‘a little wholesome despotism’ in tackling the problems of housing…

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Monumental Unearthed at Battle of Malazgirt Site

In addition to the 700 plus objects unearthed exactly a year ago, and along with arrowheads discovered in the last…

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US President or American Caesar?

The prospect of a second Donald Trump victory in November’s US election has widely been seen – at least by…

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AI Finds 303 New Nazca Geoglyphs, Revealing Their Purpose

The astonishing Nazca Lines of Peru are one of the true wonders of the ancient world. The figures they form…

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