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BETTANY HUGHES on bringing seven magnificent monuments to life

It all used to be so simple. The story of how we – that is Homo sapiens, today’s humans – emerged from Africa and spread across what’s become Europe and Asia was a neat, straightforward narrative. It

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LEECHES and baked owl might not be the first remedies we reach for when feeling poorly, but in the Middle Ages, that was just what the doctor ordered. Medieval medicine was a mix of magic, myth and cu

Studying ancient worlds is now more relevant than ever — and state school children are missing out, says Bettany Hughes

Souvenirs, stadiums and soaking it up — Bettany Hughes’s ultimate guide to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World