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Antiquities authority drops proposal for Menkaure pyramid after review prompted by international outcryEgypt has scuttled a controversial plan to reinstall ancient granite cladding on the pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three great pyramids of…
AN ancient “Armageddon” army camp earmarked by the Bible for mankind’s apocalyptic final battle has been unearthed.
The 1,800-year-old Roman camp housed more than 5,000 soldiers from the Sixth Ironclad Legion, and lies at the foot of Tel…
Origins of Dorset hillside chalk figure was as muster station for West Saxon armies fending off Vikings, historians concludeFor centuries, historians and archaeologists have puzzled over the origins of the Cerne Abbas giant, the huge, naked, club-wield…
Discoveries suggest St Pancras workhouse that may have inspired work of Charles Dickens was intended to be place of comfort Over its 200-year history, its premises were cramped and overcrowded, bleak and bug-ridden. However, when the St Pancras workhou…
Isabella Walsh has contacted embassies and consulates to repatriate 10 objects that her father wanted to be returnedAn Irish woman has been inspired by the Guardian to return her late father’s collection of 19th century African and Aboriginal objects t…
We knew that an asteroid heralded the end of the age of the dinosaurs. Now researchers say they have discovered a key element in their extinction
Find from 16th century uncovered in building of £750m complex of 412 apartments now renamed the StageWhen excavating the foundations for London’s latest luxury residential tower, archaeologists made an unexpected discovery behind a Shoreditch pub: the …
Bronze coins dating from fourth century are in exceptional state of preservation, Italy’s culture ministry saysAn Italian diver’s sighting of something metallic near the coast of Sardinia has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of Roman bronze co…
We knew that an asteroid heralded the end of the age of the dinosaurs. Now researchers say they have discovered a key element in their extinction
EGYPTOLOGISTS have been left baffled by a number of very unusual discoveries inside Tutankhamun’s tomb 101 years after it was first opened.
The former King of Egypt’s life has been surrounded by unanswered questions for the past century….