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| Hello. In July this year, archeologists unveiled Peñico, a 3,800-year-old city on Peru's desert hillsides. The discovery is reshaping our understanding of the Caral civilisation, a peaceful society that survived catastrophe, as the feature below explores. Also in this edition is a look at how the construction of a dam in Ethiopia brought the nation together, and the author Sebastian Faulks explains why Jane Austen's Mr Darcy isn't the romantic hero he seems. | |
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 | ESSENTIAL FEATURES | Peru's ancient lost city of peace | The discovery of Peñico is changing what we thought we knew about ancient civilisations in the Americas. | |
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How women's pockets became so controversial | For centuries, pockets have been a flashpoint in the gender divide of fashion. Is that finally set to change?
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| The simple test to check how old your lungs are | The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily, we can also get them into better shape.
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| Why readers are wrong about Mr Darcy | Mostly miserable and "unforgivably cruel", Jane Austen's romantic hero is not what he seems, writes the author Sebastian Faulks.
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| How Goodfellas reinvented the gangster film | Martin Scorsese wanted his film, released 35 years ago, to feel as real as possible. In 1990, he revealed its secrets to the BBC.
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| The 'tough guy' president accused of silencing his opponents | Erdogan's critics claim that he has become a latter-day Sultan in Turkey.
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| Six takeaways from Epstein's 'birthday book' | The latest batch of Epstein files released by Congress give an insight into the convicted sex offender's elite social circle.
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| Building Africa's largest hydro-electric dam | In Ethiopia, the dam's construction has brought people together, despite controversy abroad.
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ESSENTIAL WATCH | Tomb of buried photos reveals its secrets |
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| |  | Japan's first professional photographer, Ukai Gyokusen, buried several hundred glass negatives in a Tokyo cemetery. For decades, he was almost completely forgotten, but he is now finally getting the recognition he deserves. |
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| The marvels of Madam CJ Walker | Discover how the entrepreneur became one of the wealthiest women of her time. | |
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