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Iceland has a long and rich literary tradition. With its 380,000 inhabitants, the country has produced many great writers, ...

In Norway, boys discovered rare 600-year-old silver coins under a church, which they kept for decades. The coins, dating from ...

An Aberystwyth University academic is part of an international team that has made an exciting discovery linking an ...

The diversity of West Africa – and the continent in general – makes it impossible to give a generalised history without watering down many unique cultures and their stories. But scratch the surface of ...

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Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't like most people.

A new book examines the rise and fall of the Carolingian dynasty, discussing how people across social classes understood the ...