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Created in the early 15th century, it is often called the world’s most mysterious manuscript

New cypher cracks Voynich?

The mysteries of Roman inscriptions are being solved with a new AI tool

AI solves Roman inscriptions

Mysterious megalithic sites in Carnac, France may be among the oldest in Europe, archaeologists discover

Carnac older than Stonehenge

Malta’s mysterious prehistoric temples may have taught sailors to navigate by the stars, new research suggests

Malta temples taught sailors

After a volcanic eruption, ancient Danes offered sun stones to the gods to bring back the light

Danish sun stone offerings

Sacred tunic belonging to Alexander the Great may have been identified

Alexander's sacred tunic found

Voynich Manuscript scans reveal early decoding attempt

Voynich early decoding attempt

Stunning frescoes revealed at Pompeii

New Pompeii frescoes revealed

Lost building discovered in Sicily’s ancient Valley of the Temples

Lost building discovered in Sicily

Trove of coded letters written by an imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots are cracked

Mary Stuart's letters cracked

Ancient Pompeii site installs 'invisible' solar panels that look like Roman terracotta tiles

Pompeii's invisible solar panels

Unknown history of 600-year-old, coded Voynich Manuscript revealed by researcher

Voynich unknown history

Lost star catalogue found hidden on the pages of a medieval manuscript

Lost star catalogue found

Napoleonic-era mass grave discovered beneath cellars in the Czech Republic

Napoleon-era mass grave found

Obsidian spirit mirror used by John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s court astrologer, has Aztec origins

John Dee's spirit mirror

An ancient Roman road may lie beneath Venice’s lagoon, researchers say

Roman road under Venice

Museum dedicated to man who deciphered the hieroglyphics opens in France—full of Ancient Egyptian treasures

Champollion museum opens

Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and Peter

Jawbone travelled to Rome

Yacht rock art: prehistoric carvings found in Norway may be oldest nautical images in the world

Oldest nautical images found

A Bronze Age village is discovered beneath Lake Lucerne

Bronze Age village in lake

Boat carvings found in Norway may be the oldest in Europe

Oldest European boat carvings

Bronze Age burial site of powerful woman discovered under ancient palace in Spain

Powerful woman burial in Spain

Tattoos have helped reveal details of a 19th-century man who had his skin preserved

Tattoos reveal man's secrets

Hear the sound of an ancient conch horn, played again after 18,000 years

Sound of ancient conch horn

Discoveries at Stonehenge highlight controversial new tunnel's threat to heritage

New tunnel threat to Stonehenge

Ralph Fiennes as the archaeologist Basil Brown in 'The Dig' (2021).

British archaeology does matter

Voluptuous Venus figurines may have helped prehistoric Europeans survive the Ice Age

Venus helped survive Ice Age

Historic churches of Naples are at risk from sinkholes

Naples historic churches at risk

The Nebra Sky Disc

Date of the Nebra Sky Disc

Prehistoric Fingerprints on rockface

Fingerprints of ancient painters

A page from the Voynich Manuscript

Voynich Manuscript deciphered?

Stonehenge

Stonehenge's builders cremated

A reconstruction of Heuneburg hillfort, where the vessels were found

Blood, organs and virus found

The Michelangelo Code

The Michelangelo Code

Heading down the publicum

Heading down the publicum

Defleshed and disarticulated bones from Scaloria Cave

Stone-age Italians defleshed dead

The new 'mummy room' will be home to 12 mummies

Housing Liverpool’s mummies

Bolton Museum makes bid for £1.8m Egyptology wing

Bolton Museum Egyptology bid

Egyptian jewellery heist at Leicester museum kept quiet

Egyptian jewellery heist

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