Tiny skeleton from Indonesia’s Flores island is unique ancient species, insist researchers
Volunteers help British Museum in crowdsourcing archeology project
Thousands log on to transcribe handwritten catalogue dating back to 18th century and put 30,000 ancient objects online
Divers stage emergency excavation of historic Thames shipwreck
Archaeologists fear climate change could destroy preserved remains of the London, which blew up off Essex coast in 1665
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
Britain’s oldest settlement is Amesbury not Thatcham, say scientists
Archaeologists discover Wiltshire site is forerunner to Stonehenge and has been continually occupied since 8,820BC
Neanderthals were not less intelligent than modern humans, scientists find
Researchers say there is no evidence that modern humans’ cognitive superiority led to demise of Neanderthals
Canada releases pictures of world’s most northerly shipwreck
• Breadalbane sank in 1853 on search for Franklin expedition
• Wooden three-master is well preserved in icy waters
Ancient Rome’s tap water heavily contaminated with lead, researchers say
Supply became contaminated as it passed through giant network of lead pipes that distributed water around city, scientists believe
Archeologists’ findings may prove Rome a century older than thought
As Italian capital approaches 2,767th birthday, excavation reveals wall built long before official founding year of 753BC
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