Heritage
Pompeii's new director: 'Excavation is always a kind of destruction'
Archaeologist Gabriel Zuchtriegel takes controversy in his stride as he develops programme for site
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
26, Feb, 2021 @12:57 PM
Pat Dodson calls for mining royal commission after reports of damage at Aboriginal sites
Traditional owners are ‘upset and frustrated’ after Fortescue Metals Group began land clearing at a significant site in the Pilbara without their involvement
Lorena Allam
26, Feb, 2021 @1:28 AM
Royal Mint to commemorate fossil hunter Mary Anning
Special 50p coins will feature some of the Jurassic creatures discovered by 19th-century palaeontologist
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
25, Feb, 2021 @12:01 AM
Politicians should not 'weaponise' UK history, says colonialism researcher
Exclusive: Corinne Fowler, director of National Trust project, criticises threat to funding ahead of government round table
Jessica Murray
22, Feb, 2021 @2:17 PM
Sign of the times: zodiac basin shows Persian elite’s passion for astrology
Rare 13th-century treasure set to fetch £1.5m indicates that a counterculture thrived alongside medieval Islam
Harriet Sherwood
21, Feb, 2021 @6:45 AM
A joy forever: poetry world prepares to mark bicentenary of John Keats
Two hundred years after his early death, plays, readings and new poetry will honour the legacy of the much beloved author
Alison Flood
19, Feb, 2021 @4:02 PM
'An eyesore': thousands protest against Spanish cathedral's new doors
Planned update to Burgos Cathedral prompts online petition signed by more than 31,000 people
Sam Jones Madrid
18, Feb, 2021 @3:32 PM
Viking age artefacts discovered on Isle of Man declared treasure
Hoard found by amateur detectorist dates to AD950 and includes gold arm ring and large silver brooch
Tobi Thomas
18, Feb, 2021 @1:39 PM
More war hero statues 'wholly retrograde' move, says UK women's group
Tory MPs’ campaign to honour VC and GC medal holders ‘will increase gender imbalance’ of civic statues
Helen Pidd
17, Feb, 2021 @6:18 PM
Country diary: among the signs of spring are echoes of the past
Willington, County Durham: A half-buried brick, stamped with the name Straker, is the last tangible evidence of one of the largest collieries in the county
Phil Gates
17, Feb, 2021 @5:30 AM
The Guardian view on British history: we need to know | Editorial
Editorial: By stirring people up against an honest reckoning with our past, ministers are doing the country a huge disservice
Editorial
15, Feb, 2021 @6:59 PM
Rival railway museums in row over steam locomotive ownership
Head of Steam in Darlington and National Railway Museum disagree over where Locomotion No 1 should be kept
Alex Mistlin
15, Feb, 2021 @5:01 PM
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