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Bulgaria's 7,000-year-old cave paintings

Bulgaria's 7,000-year-old cave paintings

The prehistoric paintings in Magura Cave in Bulgaria are made using a surprising material.

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Archaeology
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Galloway Hoard urn

Viking-age treasure came to Scotland from West Asia

The hoard has been described as one of the most important UK archaeological finds of the century.

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South Scotland
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A close-up of the ancient Roman pottery kiln with eroded stone and brick walls, showing a weathered, sunken structure used for high-temperature firing.

Ancient Roman kiln goes on display for first time

The kiln, built by potters between AD50 and AD160, was found in the 1960s and has been restored.

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The head and upper torso of the Lindow Man, with leathery, tan skin and remnants of his hair and beard still attached.

Forty years since bog gave up dark Lindow Man secret

A group of environmentalists are trying to restore the peat bog that delivered the gruesome find.

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England
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Scott Cambers, in a grey jacket, leans on a spade at the dig in a churchyard in Govan, with two other volunteers behind him combing through the soil

Vikings reconnecting communities across the River Clyde

A team of archaeologists and local volunteers are aiming to uncover more of Govan's history during an excavation.

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Glasgow & West Scotland
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The boy Ariel Geller

Boy who smashed ancient Bronze Age jar returns to museum

The 3,500-year-old jar was in Haifa's Hecht Museum in Israel.

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Middle East
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A man looking at the soil along the north Cornish coast. He is metres away from the sea and the man has a yellow high-vis jacket on and a yellow bucket next to him.

Remains of 18th Century sailor to be buried

Cornwall Council says the remains washed up after a storm along the north coast in November 2022.

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Cornwall
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Crop of RAF 1945 photograph showing landscape features, one camouflaging the Battle of Britain Bunker

Battle of Britain bunker was disguised as a garden

The bunker played an important role in coordinating defences against Luftwaffe air raids.

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London
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Bronze Age necklace

See how to reconstruct a Bronze Age necklace

A Bronze Age necklace is back on show in all its glory for the first time in thousands of years after a painstaking reconstruction process.

6 days ago
Tayside & Central Scotland

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