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Jay Stanley hands over 30 artefacts, including vases and figurines from 6th to 3rd centuries BC, found in late father’s homeAn American man has returned 30 antiquities to Italy after reading a Guardian report about a fellow countryman who sent 19 antiq…
Craig Best and Roger Pilling sentenced to more than five years for trying to illegally sell coins worth £766,000Two metal detector enthusiasts who conspired to illegally sell a cache of Anglo Saxon coins which help change our understanding of Alfred th…
Elk tooth pendant unearthed in Siberia is first prehistoric artefact to be linked to specific person using genetic sleuthingScientists have used a new method for extracting ancient DNA to identify the owner of a 20,000-year-old pendant fashioned from a…
Remains of once vast riverside structure granted legal protection against unauthorised changeThree sections of a huge but little-known Roman wall, discovered under the City of London, have been given protected status as scheduled national monuments.The…
Lincolnshire locals are up in arms at an ‘illogical’ order by the council – and even Banksy is thought to be helping them outThe vast sands of Cleethorpes beach can stretch into the horizon at low tide, revealing all kinds of interesting things previou…
Artefacts believed to date back to AD980s found by girl metal-detecting in cornfield last autumnNearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in north-western Denmark, a local museum h…
Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch to open in 2024 on site of playhouse that staged earliest performancesTheatre lovers will be able to walk across the Elizabethan stage where Shakespeare performed as an actor and may have staged the first performance…
Reconstructed rampart structure that stood almost 2,000 years ago will open to visitors in Richborough, KentAn 8-metre-high rampart and gateway built almost 2,000 years ago at the spot where Roman forces invaded Britain has been reconstructed for 21st-…
Excavation shows facility included luxurious dining rooms with views of fountains that gushed with wineOf all the Roman ruins that populate what is now a pleasant landscape of pine trees and meadows, under the distant gaze of the Alban Hills, the Villa…
Fossil from fourth-ever discovered specimen of a titanosaur may reinforce theory that dinosaurs travelled between South America and AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app o…