Bulldozing new roads, using buildings as weapons … to the Israeli architect Eyal Weizman, city warfare leaves clues in the very architecture. He’s piecing together the evidence
The Ajanta cave murals: ‘nothing less than the birth of Indian art’
The paintings are possibly the finest surviving picture galleries from the ancient world. Now, the oldest in two of the caves – hidden for decades – have been painstakingly restored to reveal their true beauty
Tomb raider: enter the British Museum’s underground mummy store
From Edgar Allan Poe to Scooby Doo, culture is cursed with the ancient Egyptian dead. Jonathan Jones visits the British Museum’s mummy store to unwrap our fascination
Rome museum opens windows on grand masters during spring heatwave
Works by Caravaggio, Titian and Rubens at risk to Roman traffic after air conditioning packs up at cash-strapped gallery
Inside the mummies’ embalmed bodies – courtesy of a hospital CT scanner
The British Museum’s next big exhibition reveals secrets that experts have been able only to guess at – until now
Cate Blanchett sets her sights on Sutton Hoo drama The Dig
Oscar-winning star of Blue Jasmine in talks to play amateur archaeologist in Susanne Bier’s period drama
Ancient Viking code deciphered for the first time
Runologist cracks the mysterious jötunvillur code – and discovers medieval ‘text messages’
Israel brings Dead Sea scrolls to life with upgrade of digital archive
Website includes 10,000 new images, more manuscript descriptions and translated content, and a faster search engine
Looted Viking treasure is discovered in British Museum store
Curator spots 1,000-year-old brooch in lump taken from 19th-century excavation
Former minister Zahi Hawass compares Egypt’s Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to pharaoh
Archaeologist and former antiquities minister says rise of army leader mirrors ascent of Mentuhotep II 4,000 years ago