Thousands log on to transcribe handwritten catalogue dating back to 18th century and put 30,000 ancient objects online
British Museum’s El Dorado exhibition shines light on ancient Andeans
Colombia’s little-understood pre-Hispanic cultures are revealed in their full complexity with this display of gold artefacts
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Ancient Greece, the Middle East and an ancient cultural internet
The ancient Greek world is being recast from an isolated entity to one of many hybrid cultures in Africa and in the East
European and Asian languages traced back to single mother tongue
Eurasiatic languages from Portugal to Siberia form ‘superfamily’ with root in southern Europe 15,000 years ago, scientists claim
Grim exhibition shows role of grave robbers in medical science
Museum of London exhibition opens this week with findings uncovered from the London Hospital’s burial ground
Apps bring museum studies to life
Touchscreen devices are putting students and curators together
Why the tale of Achilles and his lover still has the power to move us
A debut novel that reinterprets Homer’s Iliad is the latest in an array of works to be inspired by the classics
Gnawed Roman skeleton that inspired Sylvia Plath poem goes on display
Sarcophagus containing bones of Roman woman and rodents that chewed her ankle go on show at Cambridge museum
Music mogul’s widow gives £26m to Oxford University for Humanities scholarships
Led Zeppelin reunion concert in 2007 led to whole lotta largesse from Mica Ertegun, whose husband co-founded Atlantic Records
Dig for Greater Manchester – thousands plan to scoop up history with their trowels
The UK’s biggest archaeology project starts burrowing under Leigh this March