Remains

How a ceremonial shrunken head, held by a US university for decades, was finally returned to Ecuador

A newly published research paper explains the authentication and repatriation process for a tsantsa once housed in Mercer University’s natural history collection

Garry Shaw

Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive

Richard III to move from car park to cathedral

Following DNA testing, confirmed remains of the last Plantagenet King will be moved from original burial site to Leicester Cathedral

Emily Sharpe

Herculaneumarchive

New research reveals Herculaneum’s wooden remains could be fake

Modern reconstructions with ancient materials have escaped detection until now

Carlo Avvisati