Highway road work has uncovered an ancient civilisation’s ceremonial centrepiece

As gladiators return to the big screen, English Heritage announces plans to show the artefact at Hadrian’s Wall

Leonardo’s largest known drawing was hung with the Mona Lisa in his studio, says Per Rumberg, the curator of the Royal Academy’s Florentine Old Masters exhibition opening this month

Research team uncovers settlement hidden for centuries using laser mapping technology

Frescoes show, among other saucy scenes, a satyr coupled with a naked nymph

New research argues that works discovered on the rear of 18th century copperplates can be attributed to a teenaged Blake

The so-called “Hall of the Moche Imaginary” is one of two elaborately decorated spaces archaeologists recently uncovered at Pañamarca

The 1912 painting is believed to have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain

Multispectral imaging has uncovered that the baffling symbols in the 15th-century document—dubbed the world’s most mysterious manuscript—were scrutinised by its owner, a Prague doctor

The undated work, which was during conservation work, is going on display in an exhibition at the Bowes Museum in County Durham

The objects are believed to have been made by students in the 17th century, when Sutton House was a school

The famed explorer died aboard the Quest in 1922; the ship sank in the Labrador Sea 40 years later

Charcoal sketches highlight they ‘witnessed battles in the amphitheatre’, says park director

The discovery of the L-shaped object was made in an ancient Egyptian elite cemetery beside the Great Pyramid of Khufu

Depicting scenes from Greek mythology, the works were discovered in the banqueting room of a large house in the ancient Roman city

The two internationally important chairs have been acquired for the reopening of the institution's Founder’s Galleries

Disagreement centred over whether the painting, looted in 1868 and later sold to a private collector in Portugal, should be bought by the government and returned to Ethopia

Archaeologists are "blown away" by the levels of preservation of the finds at Holborn Viaduct, which also include five oak coffins, a decorated lamp, a glass vial, and jet and amber beads

Lidar light detection technology helped scientists to see beneath the foliage and discover the 2500-year-old settlement

French glass and African pottery suggest individuals buried are of high status

It turns out the glass vessel is a rare example of a 1940s Venini piece designed by the architect Carlo Scarpa

A painting depicting Pope Sylvester I made €3m, while a portrayal of Saint Helena more than doubled its high estimate, selling for €1.6m

The Biblical scene was recently offered at auction for just €10,000

Researchers have now revealed details about the trove of ancient paintings and engravings found in 2021

An Art Newspaper investigation uncovers new details on the infamous seizure in 1868 by Richard Holmes of a 500-year-old painting of Christ, the Kwer’ata Re’esu, which never reached the London institution

Royal Collection curators checked provenance records and pigments, tracing the work to Queen Henrietta Maria

A new report reveals that humans were building with wood 476,000 years ago, upending previous beliefs about our ancestors

The painting's whereabouts were unknown for 80 years, but a Facebook post led to its rediscovery

The haul has now been officially classed as treasure and may be acquired by an Anglesey museum

Objects ranging from the Roman to medieval period were found at the archaeological site, which will now be turned into a Four Seasons hotel