As England bakes under record-breaking heat, a surge in wildfires has led the London Fire Brigade to declare the blazes a “major incident” in the nation’s capital, where temperatures recently exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) for the very first time. Burnt ash and smoke filled London’s air as 350 firefighters battled numerous fires […]
Judicial review to determine whether Leicester archaeologists legally justified in removing king’s body for cathedral internment An “unseemly and undignified” legal battle over where the remains of the last Plantagenet king of England, Richard III, should be laid to rest resumes on Tuesday, 528 years after his death and a year after his skeleton was found […]
Experts hope to recover memories of site when it was first excavated 60 years ago to help reconstruct it accurately Archaeologists working on an ancient Roman site in the centre of London are calling on members of the public to share their memories, memorabilia and photographs of the site when it was first excavated 60 years ago. […]
Saatchi Gallery to host exhibition of 150 artefacts before their permanent return to Egypt The largest number of King Tutankhamun treasures ever to leave Egypt are heading to London for an exhibition which organisers say will never happen again. It was announced on Thursday that the Saatchi Gallery in London will be the only UK venue for a world […]
The ‘rare and beautiful’ 3,000-year-old sculpture goes under the hammer in defiance of claims it was stolen A brown quartzite head of young king Tutankhamun has sold at auction in London for more than £4.7m despite Egyptian demands for its return. The more than 3,000-year-old sculpture, displayed at Christie’s London auction house, shows the boy king […]
The Treasure of San Gennaro, said to be worth more than the Crown Jewels in Tower of London, goes on display in Rome A rich collection of jewel-encrusted religious treasures that represent seven centuries of faith, cultish devotion and superstition went on display for the first time in Rome on Wednesday. “The Treasure of San […]
