Money blog: Britain's favourite banks revealed - and there's a new winner
Welcome back to the Money blog. We've kicked off the week by exploring what it's like to be a teacher - and it's not all ...
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Brisbane's Olympic factfinders learn from the Paris teams who reframed the Games
Five months on from that balmy summer of love for all things Olympic and Paralympic, the graft goes on in the chill midwinter ...
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Purple Fabric Woven With Gold Threads Unearthed At A 1,600-Year-Old Necropolis In France
In 2020, archaeologists began excavating a necropolis near an early Christian church in Autun, France. They found 230 graves ...
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Atatürk’s Ankara
This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in worlds beyond the pathological ...
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How did they do it? Mapping techniques without GPS or electronic devices
Alfred Downing created accurate sketches of the banks and riverbed of the Columbia River. In 1880, he created a reasonably accurate outline sketch of the Waterville Plateau. He ...
Sex offender faces prison, accused of raping 14-year-old girl
A prior sex offender accused of raping a 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to production of child pornography. Prosecutors ...
Rare 1,600-year-old purple fabric — woven with gold threads — found in France. See it
After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...
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This historic village in the south of France is one of the most beautiful villages in the country
Against the foothills of the Alps and looking out towards the Mediterranean, Castellar is a delightful little village full of charm, just a few kilometres from Italy. This village is an unassuming gem ...