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History

Mayans Used Glittering Pigments On Their Buildings
Ancient Mayans used lustrous pigments to make their buildings glitter in daylight.

Bronze Age Iberia
New light on Bronze Age life in the Iberian Peninsula.

Origins Of Pacific Islanders
New research throws light on long-standing controversies surrounding the origins and genetic relationships of Pacific Islanders.

Survey Of Caistor Roman Town
A survey of Caistor Roman town near Norwich sponsored by the British Academy has given dramatic new insights into the nature of this settlement and confirms it as a site of international importance.

Roman-Byzantine Era Synagogue Found
Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered an ancient synagogue among the ruins of a large Jewish village from the Roman-Byzantine era at the foot of the Mt Nitai cliffs overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

Chocolate's Early History
The earliest known cacao consumption has been identified from analysis of pottery shards found at the site of Puerto Escondido in northern Honduras.

Genetic Evidence for African Britons
First evidence of Africans having lived among "indigenous" British people for centuries and found that their descendants were unaware of their black ancestry.

Churchill Borrowed Ideas From H.G. Wells
Researching a book on Winston Churchill, Dr Richard Toye, a lecturer in history at the University of Cambridge, has found that science fiction writer H.G. Wells was a significant intellectual influence, both during the statesman's early career and subsequently. Churchill and Wells met in 1902, by which time Wells had already written some of his best-known works including The War Of The Worlds and The Time Machine. The two men kept in touch until Well's death in 1946.

Genealogy

The Walter Family of Babcary, Somerset, England, UK
A genealogical account of the family of Ann and Walter Walter.

Albert Walter - Illinois and the Civil War
Albert Walter was born in Babcary, Somerset, England in 1840, the son of Walter and Ann Walter. He emigrated to the USA and died in the Civil War.

Hugh and Robert Walter in America
Hugh Penny Walter and Robert Leach Walter emigrated to the USA and settled in Barber County, Kansas

The Horne Family of Careby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
A genealogical account of the family of Henry and Elizabeth Horne.

Caroline Williams of St Hilary, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Born Caroline Gould, Compton, Dorsetshire.


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