Some of the world's most famous chess pieces, the Lewis chessmen from the 12th century, are coming “home” to Trondheim this spring in a special exhibition
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Five unusual ways people in different cultures used lead—and suffered for it
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Stonehenge-like circle unearthed in Denmark – archaeologists suggest ‘woodhenge’ was built between 2600 and 1600BC on similar axis to English stone circle
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Beyond the politics of nostalgia: What the fall of the steel industry can tell us about the future of America
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Was early modern writing paper expensive?
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In the years after World War II, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb
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New analysis of wooden finds at Schöningen show wood was crucial raw material 300,000 years ago
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Vikings and glass windows
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Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure: dating back half a million years and predating the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens
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The insane engineering of the M1 Abrams
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How polyester bounced back
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The ancient origins of glass
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Bricks and the Industrial Revolution
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Iron, how did they make it? Part I, Mining
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Correcting the historical bias against domestic materials
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Instant stone (just add water!)
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Ancient technology: Saxon glass-working experiment
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