How to build a 13th-century castle in rural France
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The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time; An hour was not a consistent unit of time. In the summer it could be as long as 75 minutes and in the winter it sometimes lasted just 45 minutes.
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Researchers uncover Stone Age settlement submerged by rising sea levels in Denmark
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Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit with a vulgar name that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear?
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Viking longship to sail through Tower Bridge – the Saga Farmann departed Tønsberg in Norway and has been sailing around Europe (with a few land transport gaps)
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A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about early humans
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We found French underwear in an ancient Sumerian city | Girsu Project | Curator's Corner S10 Ep4
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Scientists built a canoe using only prehistoric tools. Then they sailed the dangerous 140-mile route early humans traveled 30,000 years ago.
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Mexico's butterfly warriors: Day of the Dead?
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The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing the country's past in extraordinary detail.
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‘Dragon prince’ dinosaur discovery 'rewrites' T.rex family tree
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10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark
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First intact Roman pot found in Ireland reveals ancient trade relations
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In 1903, a Norwegian farmer discovered an ornate piece of wood sticking out of the mud – one year later, an almost totally intact Viking ship burial had been uncovered
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