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Carved Pictish Stone in the Meigle Museum east of Blairgowrie, Scotland. (Photo by Alamy)

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Pompeii,Italy

What was life like in ancient Pompeii? Mary Beard shares an A-Z guide

Dan Jones by the River Medway at Rochester in Kent. Jones is the presenter of 'Walking Britain’s Roman Roads', which airs on 1 July 2020 at 9pm on 5Select.

Exploring Britain’s Roman roads with historian Dan Jones

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Sir Barry Cunliffe and a team of archaeologist roll up a Roman mosaic at Fishbourne Roman palace

Roll up, roll up: how the Roman mosaics at Fishbourne Palace were saved

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Miners work hard in cramped conditions at the pit face in Ellington Colliery, Northumberland, 1951 (Photo by Getty Images)

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Sunset at the Chephren Pyramid, Giza, Egypt

Searching for the pharaohs: where are the tombs of Ancient Egypt’s missing kings and queens?

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Percy Fawcett and the search for the ‘Lost City Of Z’

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Callanish standing stone circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. (Photo by Dreamstime)

British prehistory: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland. (Photo by Dreamstime)

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Edwardian hat pin head found on the Thames shore. (Photo by Bloomsbury)

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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

The big question Should museums return their treasures?

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Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh presented by Viking Cruises opens at the Saatchi Gallery on 2 November. Tickets on-sale now, please visit: www.tutankhamun-london.com

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In pictures: the glittering treasures of Tutankhamun

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The footprint of Old Sarum cathedral

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