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Machu Picchu History, Rediscovery & Downfall

The remains of the Amesbury Archer (2400-2200BC), a burial found near Stonehenge and about 4300 years old, Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.

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Britain’s greatest archaeological discoveries

The pyramid of Chephren, the access tunnel discovered by Belzoni in 1818. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tomb raider: the great Giovanni Belzoni

Statue of Ramesses II, at Luxor Temple. He ruled Egypt for 66 years, and left more statues than any other pharaoh (Photo by Michelle McMahon / Getty Images)

5 of the most powerful pharaohs to rule ancient Egypt

Egyptologist Howard Carter crouches near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun's remains

Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun: was the tomb really cursed?

Mary Rose being risen from the sea (Picture by Alamy))

Raising the Mary Rose The quest to save Henry VIII's lost warship

Harry Lloyd (Richard III) and Sally Hawkins (Philippa Langley) in The Lost King

The Lost King The difficult art of turning a true story into a movie

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The skeleton exhumed from beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. The remains contained features matching Tudor descriptions of Richard III, and injuries to the skull and body inflicted at the battle of Bosworth in 1485

Rediscovering Richard III The story of how a lost king was found

The Rosetta Stone is covered in three scripts, which allowed for the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

Rosetta Stone What is it and why is it important?

The Rosetta Stone

The rivalry behind the translation of the Rosetta Stone

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The statue of Alfred the Great in Winchester set against a blue sky background

Excavating Winchester: the dig that changed (urban) history

An illustration of fossil hunter Dorothea Bate

Dorothea Bate: A fearless fossil hunter

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall