Syria ISIL razing of Palmyra’s cultural heritage "not foregone conclusion" Western outrage over fears ISIL will raze Palmyra’s cultural patrimony has handed the radicalists valuable propaganda, an expert has claimed. But 22/05/2015
Sci-tech Evidence of ancient wine found in Georgia a vintage quaffed some 6,000 years BC Archaeologists are hard at work sifting through the dirt at a dig in Imiri, south-eastern Georgia. The scientists believe that the site contains 21/05/2015
world news Police clash with settlers at historic Peru site Police in the Peruvian capital Lima clashed with residents during the eviction of thousands who had illegally occupied a cemetery which dates from 20/05/2015
Egypt Relics return home: Egypt receives smuggled antiquities from US History returns home as 2.3million euros worth of smuggled antiquities arrived in back in Egypt. Some 123 artifacts were seized by US customs as part 25/04/2015
Iraq ISIL video 'confirms destruction' of Nimrud in Iraq The self-proclaimed Islamic State has released a video apparently confirming the destruction of Nimrud, one of Iraq’s greatest archaeological 12/04/2015
France France's Chauvet Cave replica to display 36,000 year old art The Chauvet Cave in southern France is one of the most famous prehistoric rock art sites in the world. It was discovered in 1994, but most of the 09/04/2015
Culture Ancient Greek statues still excite in new British Museum show The British Museum in London has a new exhibition examining Ancient Greece’s preoccupation with the body beautiful, and the influence sculptures have 01/04/2015
Egypt Israeli archaeologists discover Egyptian beer vessels in Tel Aviv. Israeli archaeologists have unearthed ancient Egyptian beer vessels in Tel Aviv. The fragments of brewing basins indicate that Egyptians more than 30/03/2015
Spain Remains of 'Don Quixote' author Cervantes 'identified' in Madrid It is set to become a shrine for literary pilgrims worldwide. For underneath a 17th century convent in Madrid, investigators believe they have found 17/03/2015
France France: Experts reveal discovery of Celtic prince tomb What is believed to be the tomb of a Celtic prince from the 5th century has been discovered in the Aube region of eastern France. It was uncovered 06/03/2015
Honduras "Monkey God" city find could reveal new central American civilisation Central America’s largest wilderness area may be about to give up some of the secrets of a rumoured giant monkey god, and one of the world’s most 05/03/2015
Italy Scandal in Pompeii: Former site commissioner has assets seized Financial police seize nearly 6 million euros in assets from Marcello Fiori. The former commissioner of the Pompeii archaeological site is implicated in a tendering scandal. 04/03/2015
Syria Suleyman Shah: Syria reacts to Turkish 'agression' The Syrian government has denounced Turkey’s operation to remove the remains of Suleyman Shah – the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire 23/02/2015
Greece The eternal embrace: 6,000-year-old couple unearthed in Greece A rare archaeological find in southern Greece has unearthed the skeletons of a 6,000-year-old couple, locked in an embrace. The remains were 13/02/2015
Spain Spain's hunt for Miguel de Cervantes's remains uncovers clues Excavations in the crypt of a Madrid church to recover the remains of celebrated author Miguel de Cervantes have uncovered bone fragments and coffin 26/01/2015
Italy Police in Italy reveal recovered antiquities worth a record 50 million euros A record haul of stolen archaeological treasures worth up to 50 million euros has been put on display by police in Rome. The 5,361 vases, bronze 21/01/2015
Spain Digging for Spanish poet Lorca An archaeological dig has got underway in southern Spain in a quest to uncover the remains of one of the country’s most renowned 20th century 19/11/2014
Greece Greece: Tomb and skeleton discovered at ancient Amphipolis - Pictures Archaeologists have found skeletal remains inside a limestone grave at a vast ancient tomb in Greece dating to Alexander the Great’s era, the most 12/11/2014
Greece Greek archaeologists unearth head of sphinx in Macedonian tomb Archaeologists unearthed the missing head of one of the two sphinxes found guarding the entrance of an ancient tomb in Greece’s northeast, as the 22/10/2014