Oscar-winning star of Blue Jasmine in talks to play amateur archaeologist in Susanne Bier’s period drama
Search for Inca ‘lost city’ in Amazon may endanger indigenous people
A six-week expedition starting in July will try to find Paititi in the Megantoni National Sanctuary in south-east Peru
‘Richard III remains’ found in Leicester car park have doubt cast upon them
Leading academics claim there is no proof Leicester body with twisted spine belonged to the last Plantagenet, Richard III
Campaign for Richard III’s reburial in York heard by high court
Descendants argue that York is fitting resting place for monarch, whose remains were found beneath a Leicester carpark
Lost first world war training battlefield discovered in Hampshire
Elaborate trench network was identified from old aerial photographs on land that is still owned by Ministry of Defence
Prehistoric forest arises in Cardigan Bay after storms strip away sand
Skeletal trees of Borth forest, last alive 4,500 years ago and linked to lost kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod, appear at shoreline
Ancient Viking code deciphered for the first time
Runologist cracks the mysterious jötunvillur code – and discovers medieval ‘text messages’
Retreating Alpine glacier gives up another body after 34 years
Jonathan Conville, 27, vanished from the Matterhorn in 1979. Now, as the ice melts, his remains join finds dating back 5,000 years
850,000-year-old human footprints found in Norfolk
Happisburgh prints believed to have been left by small group of adults and children are the oldest discovered outside Africa
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