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Hilary Wilson shows how the ancient Egyptians were paid in food and drink.

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Campbell Price describes a symbolic votive object from the Twenty-fifth Dynasty.

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How ancient DNA is illuminating the past and informing the present Exploring elite insights from Iron Age Essex A ‘prehistoric prototype’ for Stonehenge?The Lexden lady: a rare lead coffin burial from Roman Colchester New insights into the medieval parish churches of Norwich Made in England: new thinking about the origins of the Sutton Hoo helmet

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Pioneering research in the Francis Crick Institute’s Ancient Genomics Lab is boosting our understanding of past populations, people, and pathogens. Carly Hilts spoke to Tom Booth and Kat Nilsson and explored a new exhibition sharing some of these findings.

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My recent ‘Odd Socs’ column on the Ancient Tree Forum (CA 436) proved to be unexpectedly topical when, on 18 June, it was announced that Sherwood Forest’s 1,200-year-old Major Oak had died. The expressions of sadness that followed showed that many people loved this tree and considered it an important part of our national heritage.

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