Salt, a world history

Last remains

Noteworthy

Santhal trio pulls right strings to keep alive a dying tradition

Dragon lands on ostrich egg

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Oldest calendar

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Dark shades of art

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Trial becomes comic

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News Snippets

Lehar cyclone - updates

Antiquity of life

Science in fetters

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CHILE

Dead ants ressurected

First last rite

Culture shock

Genghis Khan is still with us!

Australian aboriginals sue London's Natural History Museum

Survey to find out the length of the Great Wall of China

Bead's eye view

Glass beads reveal ancient Indian Ocean trade networks

Grains of culture

Why China lost out to Europe in industrialisation

America’s frozen aid

A commodity from their former colony kept the English cool in 19th century India

Kremlin on Tartar sweet

Temples of doom

The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall

A web around the corrupt

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Human evolution and tubers

Apollo's Nazi connections