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Teeth through time: 20th-century mouthwash
In the past, there were no big dental companies making toothpastes and other products. Dentists made their own mouthwashes and dentifrices (toothpowders). Some of these had very strange ingredients; lots of dentists recommended urine (wee!) as a mouthwash, and the Ancient…

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Grow your own cropmark!
One of the most fascinating ways of spotting archaeological sites is through recognising "cropmarks". Cropmarks occur when there are ditches or features, such as a stone wall, buried underneath an area used for growing crops. The  archaeology below the surface…

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Cave Painting
Cave paintings are one of the earliest forms of art we know of. They date back at least 35,000 years and can be found all around the world. They usually show hunting scenes, hand prints or abstract patterns. Archaeologists aren't sure why they were painted but they…

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