Al-Qaida-linked rebels Ansar Dine and Tuareg separatist MNLA destroy sacred door of 15th-century mosque as ‘un-Islamic’
Neanderthals may have been first human species to create cave paintings
Estimates of the age of cave paintings in northern Spain could be the final nail in the coffin of the ‘dumb Neanderthals’ myth
Rome’s Trevi fountain crumbling ‘for lack of maintenance’
City officials blame freak snowfall for damage, but critics decry ‘dangerous’ cuts to funding to protect Italian heritage
China’s mighty terracotta army gains 100 soldiers
New terracotta troops unearthed, bringing total number of clay warriors found at Xi’an mausoleum to more than 8,000
Scientists are accused of distorting theory of human evolution by misdating bones
Briton says Spanish researchers are out by 200,000 years and have even got the wrong species
WikiLoot aims to use crowdsourcing to track down stolen ancient artefacts
Man behind WikiLoot hopes crowdsourcing experiment will help to find some of the world’s oldest and most valuable treasures
India’s Hampi heritage site families face eviction from historic ruins
Hampi’s 2,000 temples and ancient stones attract half a million pilgrims and tourists each year. Conservationists want the site in Karnataka restored to its medieval glory – but the price is the eviction of those who live in its old bazaar
Mayan astronomical charts found in Guatemalan jungle are oldest known
Paintings of the Mayan king and astronomical hieroglyphs unearthed in a room buried under a collapsed building
French art expert says Louvre’s Leonardo was overcleaned
Ségolène Bergeon Langle criticises Louvre’s cleaning of Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Indian villagers’ homes threatened by heritage ruling
Judgment on Tughluqabad’s fortress wall likely to force eviction of 60,000 people, amid tensions over monuments