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Why did Titanic sink?

A new documentary, aired on Channel 4, suggests that the real reason RMS Titanic sank was not ice, but fire.

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The origins of ancient dogs

Although we know that modern dogs are descended from domesticated wolves, the time and place this happened has been hotly debated.

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Has Captain Cook's Endeavour been found?

Researchers with the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) have announced there's an 80% to 100% chance they have found Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour. HMS Endeavour started life as a coal ship called the Earl of Pembroke before she was bought by the British Navy in 1768 for a scientific mission to explore the Pacific Ocean.

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Export bar on the seal of Robert the Bruce

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed an export bar on the seal of Robert the Bruce to prevent its sale abroad.

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Another Battle of Thermopylae

Parts of an ancient Greek text have been discovered in the Austrian National Library describing another Battle of Thermopylae.

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Secret chambers hidden behind Tutankhamun’s tomb

In a find that 'could be the discovery of the century', radar scans, prompted by the theories of British Egyptologist Dr Nicholas Reeves, have revealed there could be two secret chambers hidden behind Tutankhamun’s tomb walls.

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Important Iron Age site found in Yorkshire

A 'hugely important' Iron Age burial ground has been discovered at a site on Burnby Lane, Pocklington, east Yorkshire.

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Dispute over Joan of Arc's ring

A ring belonging to Joan of Arc was purchased from a London auction house last month by French theme park Puy du Fou.

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England's oldest printed Bible sheds new light on Reformation

Recent analysis of a copy of England's oldest printed Bible has shed new light on the process of the English Reformation.

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World's oldest living man is Holocaust survivor

Last Friday, 11 March, Guiness World Records confirmed that the world's oldest living man is Holocaust survivor Mr Israel Kristal of Haifa, Israel.