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While Iraq struggles to return to peaceful normality, the British have been working to restore some of the country's pride in its past - with a museum

More than a dozen skeletons thought to be thousands of years old have been found by Oxford archaeologists working at an ancient burial site in Dorset.

A comet, an eclipse, a supernova, an alignment of planets - was the Star of Bethlehem, said to have led the wise men to the Baby Jesus, a real astronomical event?

Egyptian archaeologists say they have discovered two ancient tombs, indicating that a burial site is bigger than expected.

A unifying message for Lebanon's rival factions emerges from a DNA study into the genes of their Phoenician ancestors.

An ancient sculpture of a pharaoh smuggled out of Egypt almost 20 years ago is to be returned home.

Researchers in Peru say they have discovered the ruins of an entire city - possibly the "missing link" between ancient cultures.

Three ancient statues, engraved with a little-understood sub-Saharan language, are unearthed in Sudan.

A tree charity says one of Wales' largest ancient woodlands has clear-felling, against assembly government aims.

A protester sitting in ancient Dorset woodland is joined by another campaigner in a bid to stop clearance work ahead of a new £84m relief road.

Residents in a Nottinghamshire town call for ancient trees to get more protection after parts of a wood were felled.

One protester remains in a tree in ancient Dorset woodland in a bid to stop clearance work ready for an £84m road ahead of the Olympics.

Two protesters set up camp in ancient Dorset woodland in a bid to stop clearance work ready for an £84m road ahead of the Olympics.

Malmesbury Abbey is to be turned into a temporary skate park for three days next year.

Archaeologists discover three graves which may mark the site of a medieval Oxfordshire church.

A dispute which halted work to clear ancient Dorset woodland for a controversial new road ahead of the 2012 Olympics is resolved.

An ancient cave painting in Australia's Kimberly region depicts a previously unknown species of large bat, according to researchers.

Astronomers have captured light echoes of the historic supernova of 1572, which overturned Aristotle's theory of the universe.

The first Roman tombstone found in Scotland for more than 170 years is among the rare artefacts unearthed by treasure hunters this year.

Polish researchers say they have solved an ancient mystery and identified the remains of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

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