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In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

When Napoleon Bonaparte embarked upon a military expedition to Egypt in 1798, he took with him a team of scholars, scientists and artists. Together, they produced the monumental Description de ...