Revealed: the unsung heroes who excavated Tutankhamun’s tomb

Rosenow is archive curator at the Griffith Institute, the centre for Egyptology at Oxford University, where Carter’s records of the Tutankhamun excavation – including his hand-drawn plans,…

Sutton Hoo shipbuilder seeks donations of oak trees felled by storms to help build replica

Mr Kirk urged potential donors to send pictures of their timber with a human alongside it for scale to contact@saxonship.org. The original Sutton Hoo ship, which was…

Did you get a metal detector for Christmas? Here’s what to do next…

So, on Christmas Day, you unwrapped your metal detector – the one you’ve wanted since you were 13. Now what? Surely it’s only a matter of time…

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard, review: huge amounts of wonder and a note of doom

Sir David Attenborough is someone you picture in the Amazon rainforest or on the plains of the Serengeti. But has he ever looked happier than he did…