The earliest surviving portrait of Richard III

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Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have spent many years studying the remains of a Stone Age community in Karleby outside the town of Falköping, Sweden. The researchers have for example tried to identify parts of the inhabitants' diet. Right now they are looking for evidence that fertilizers were used already during the Scandinavian Stone Age, and the results of their first analyses may be exactly what they are looking for. Credit: University of Gothenburg

New excavations indica...

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Gold beads found with the 'woman of importance' in Kingsmead quarry, Berkshire. Photograph: Wessex Archaeology

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The soldiers, who joined the programme voluntarily, will also produce a report of their findings which will help enhance their publication and presentation skills. [Picture: Crown Copyright]

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An Incipient Jomon pot from Kubodera-minami, Niigata Prefecture, Japan ca. 15,000 years old Credit: Tokamchi City Museum

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A fragment of a ceramic beaker unearthed at the London construction site. Image courtesy of The Guardian: Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

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