Amateur cavers map network of passages built by Roman emperor at Tivoli to keep slaves, oxen and victuals below stairs
Rubicon river rivalry in Italy to be settled with mock court case
The Roman gauntlet is thrown down as regional factions argue their river is famous point of no return crossed by Caesar
Divers to hunt for shipwrecks including Sir Walter Raleigh’s Flying Joan
English Heritage commissions search of oldest sites, to begin in Isles of Scilly where adventurer’s ship sank in 1617
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
Biggest Viking exhibition in 20 years opens – and this time they’re angry
Recent peaceful Viking rebrands are smashed in a vast and bloodthirsty show that will soon set sail for London
Mes Aynak highlights Afghanistan’s dilemma over protecting heritage
Quest for copper riches in Mes Aynak develops as battle between culture and commerce
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
Babylon’s hanging garden: ancient scripts give clue to missing wonder
A British academic has gathered evidence suggesting garden was created at Nineveh, 300 miles from Babylon
British Museum to showcase relics from Pompeii and Herculaneum
Objects to survive the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 head to British Museum for exhibition opening next month
Israel unveils Herod’s archaeological treasures
Herod’s mausoleum headlines Israel’s most ambitious archaeological show but Palestinians say treasures should stay where they were found