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
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
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
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
‘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