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Survival found there are at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups worldwide. Half of them could be wiped out in 10 years if nothing is done. Take action!
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Take action for uncontacted peoples!
Uncontacted Indigenous peoples’ forests are being invaded and ripped up to extract resources and make way for roads and ranches, by those who value profits over human rights and survival. Send an ema...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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WE WON!

The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.

But we're just getting started.

It was never just about Dartmoor.

We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.
May 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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While brand new research into a mutilated skeleton exhumed in York has revealed the first-ever proof of gladiators fighting lions, it was a decision by an archaeologist more than 20 years ago that enabled this buried secret to be discovered in the first place. 🦁

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Unravelling the tale of York's gladiator bitten by a lion
A vital decision in 2004 meant a mutilated skeleton's secrets could be revealed two decades on.
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May 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Archaeologists say an "exceptionally well preserved" artefact may be the first to be found in a former Roman settlement. @CotswoldArch unearthed a lime kiln during work on the Centre Severn site near Tenpin known to the Romans as Glevum. ⚱️

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Roman lime kiln found by archaeologists in Gloucestershire
The structure is said to have been found along with two buildings and the grave of a woman.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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A £1m project is investigating a Roman burial ritual in Yorkshire which created casts of the dead. The University of York's Prof Maureen Carroll is leading a team examining the 22 3rd and 4th Century casings found in York, Doncaster and Castleford.
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Project investigates mysterious Roman burials in Yorkshire
The Seeing the Dead project aims to understand why our ancestors created casts of the dead.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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A distant view of Little Hetha - a defended settlement, near Kirknewton in Northumberland. Iron Age in date, there is also evidence of occupation in the medieval period. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Prehistory #Northumberland
February 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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The head and face of a woman who lived in Dorset about 2,000 years ago has been reconstructed using evidence from her remains.

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Woman's face recreated from 2,000-year-old skull found in Dorset
Cliff erosion led to the discovery of the young woman's skull and bones buried in Dorset.
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February 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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A British archaeologist believes his team may have found a second tomb belonging to King Thutmose II. To uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the stuff of dreams.

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‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another
Archaeologist believes his ‘find of the century’ – of Pharaoh Thutmose II – could be surpassed by ongoing excavation
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February 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Ancient human remains discovered in peatland in County Londonderry in 2023 are now thought to be those of a young woman who died more than two millennia ago.
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Bellaghy bog body: Ancient remains of woman may have been sacrificial
The remains, which were discovered in October 2023, are thought to be those of a young woman.
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February 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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A suitcase believed to have been owned by the explorer who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun has been found under a bed.

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Tutankhamun explorer suitcase found under Bishop Auckland bed
The case belonging to Howard Carter was gifted to his friend, an antiques expert says.
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February 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Every week, Rajesh PN Rao gets emails from people claiming they've cracked an ancient script that has stumped scholars for generations. All of them are convinced they've deciphered the script of the Indus Valley Civilisation, a blend of signs and symbols.
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Indus Valley: A million-dollar challenge to crack the script of early Indians
An Indian leader offers a $1m prize for deciphering the Indus script, but the puzzle remains unsolved.
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February 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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A discovery underneath the basement of an office block has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London. 🏺
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London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement
The discovery has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history in the City of London.
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February 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years.

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First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years
The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.
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February 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Secret Passageways Recorded in Leonardo da Vinci's Sketches Discovered Beneath a Medieval Castle in Milan

Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified structures just a few feet below the ground. 🏰

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Secret Passageways Recorded in Leonardo da Vinci's Sketches Discovered Beneath a Medieval Castle in Milan — Smithsonian Magazine
Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified subterranean structures just a few feet below the ground. The pathways may connect Sforza Castle to a nearby basilica
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January 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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A medieval seal tool with a possible romantic past is among archaeological items declared as treasure by Cornwall's coroner.

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Cornwall seal tool treasure could have romantic past
A seal tool with two figures in a boat may have represented the Roman god Cupid, says an official.
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January 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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NEW VIDEO! A conversation with author @maialeechin.bsky.social about her new book Et Cetera. In this fun chat, we cover the topics of mythology, Latin, history, and Classics in today's world

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Et Cetera with Maia Lee Chin. Mythology, Latin, and Classics in today's world
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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January 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A team of archaeologists working in Egypt on a joint mission between French and Swiss scientists unearthed a 4,000-year-old cave which once belonged to a doctor and so-called magician.
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Archaeolgists Find 4,000-Year-Old Tomb That Belonged to 'Magician'
The find illuminates some extraordinary, previously unknown facts about ancient culture.
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January 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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After lying hidden beneath metres of volcanic rock and ash for 2,000 years, a "once-in-a-century" find has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. #Archaeology ⚱️

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Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa - BBC News
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
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January 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Don't let ancient languages die - UnHerd
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Don't let ancient languages die
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January 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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It's #HillfortsWednesday and time to shamelessly throw another Chilterns hillfort video at you!

(The last five seconds...we've rebranded since this was made and are a National Landscape rather than an AONB now, and have a new website, Chilterns.org.uk )

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Hillforts of the Chilterns: Pulpit Hill
YouTube video by Chilterns National Landscape
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January 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Women in Britain 2,000 years ago appear to have passed on land and wealth to daughters not sons as communities were built around women's blood lines, according to new research.
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Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis
DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
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January 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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My life: how I imagined it, how it’s going.
January 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Ancient Humans: 10 Discoveries from 2024.
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ANCIENT HUMANS: 10 DISCOVERIES FROM 2024
YouTube video by Zeke Darwin
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January 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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“There are traditions of priests singing blocks into place, huge blocks of stone being raised into the sky by priests chanting” - Graham Hancock 😆

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January 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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A retired GP has developed a theory as to where a mass grave containing the bodies of hundreds killed in a 1643 Civil War battle could be located.
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Research suggests Wiltshire Civil War grave from 1600s
Hundreds of dead from the Battle of Roundway Down, Wiltshire, could lie in the mass grave.
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January 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM