Online volunteers could be set task of spotting alien technology, evidence of mining and rubbish heaps in moon images
Why illuminating Stonehenge is an unenlightened idea
Introducing more light pollution to show off these ancient stones would only disconnect us further from the landscape they inhabit
Napoleon Bonaparte and Egypt’s lost scrolls
The recent destruction of an historic document in Cairo offers a stark warning that Egypt’s art and history is under threat
Weatherwatch: Snowshoes date back to Asia over 6,000 years ago
Kate Ravilious looks at the invention of shoes that helped people cross the snow
Evidence for unknown Viking king Airdeconut found in Lancashire
201-piece silver hoard from AD900 discovered by a metal detectorist in Silverdale, Lancashire
Mozart’s Requiem: the mysteries continue …
On Monday 19 December, the Guardian is live streaming the Aurora orchestra’s performance of Mozart’s Requiem, featuring the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, from Kings Place in London. Here’s why the mysteries of Mozart’s final piece are richer and stranger than ever ..
Pendle witches pogrom haunts water workers after find of mummified cat
Jacobean era’s infamous witchcraft trials recalled after reservoir repairs at Pendle Hill dig out cottage with bricked-up feline