You turned off a quiet narrow lane onto an indistinct track that crossed a field, and stopped at the edge of an ancient pollarded wood, and there, half hidden by a tangle of hawthorn bushes, was a small white picket gate.

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The Trust says Trantershill Wood, in the Slad Valley, is an ancient woodland abundant in native flora and fauna.

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The latest installment loses the ancient cupolas and marble temples of Renaissance Italy for the cramped, squat cities of wood and brick and the boundless frontier of 18th century America.

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The ancient Egyptians used copper saw blades more than 5, 000 years ago to cut both wood and stone.

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The city boasts an impressive array of ancient monuments and priceless artefacts, including its striking earthen mosques -- made from mud and wood -- and a vast trove of scholarly manuscripts held in public and private collections.

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