General prehistory

Antique double-hemisphere map of the world, complete with landscapes and mythological scenes. (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

General prehistory

5 big questions in global history

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St Fagans, Cardiff

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Canna’s cursing stone

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Clearwell Caves, Gloucestershire

In the 16,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, societies in Eurasia and the Americas followed radically different trajectories. Here, an Aztec priest offers the heart taken from a living person to the god of war, Huitzilopochtli. (Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

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The old world and the new

<> on May 30, 2014 in Kirkwall, Scotland.

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Prehistoric village people: exploring the Orkney Islands

Interior of Neolithic Hut at Skara Brae Neolithic settlement, Orkney. Stone 'furniture' can be seen. The hearth is in the centre, and there are stone beds on the left and right sides, and a stone 'dresser' on the far wall. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Skara Brae

Stonehenge, aerial view

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Book review: A History of Ancient Britain

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Creswell Crags

Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The Library Objects with meanings: How artefacts can give us a new take on global history

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A little prehistoric conundrum