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- Work to protect ancient buildings
Work begins to protect ancient buildings in the North Pennines which have suffered bad weather damage. - Mystery donation helps cathedral
An anonymous donation from Canada means work on Salisbury Cathedral's cloister garden can start in March. - Olympics will 'damage Greenwich'
An Olympic equestrian event at Greenwich Park will "damage heritage features", campaigners say. - World's oldest monastery restored
Egypt completes the restoration of Saint Anthony's, reputedly the world's oldest Christian monastery. - Archaeology and the struggle for Jerusalem
The City of David archaeological site which runs through East Jerusalem has become the subject of controversy between Israelis and Palestinians. - Skeleton uncovered at Roman dig
A skeleton is among Roman artefacts found at the site of a planned housing estate in Lincolnshire. - Aviation experts in Spitfire hunt
Two aviation archaeologists are to come to Northern Ireland in the next few weeks to search for a lost WWII Spitfire. - What's your history
School Reporters from Trinity High School in Manchester research their own history through family artefacts. Their investigation is part of the BBC's A History of the World project which looks at … - Avenue of diseased trees felled
An avenue of horse chestnut trees planted in the 1930s at Avebury is cut down due to disease. - Work starts on £3m football site
Work on a much-delayed new £3m community football facility in Oxfordshire gets under way. - WWI soldiers reburied in France
The first of 250 First World War soldiers who were killed in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles is reburied with full military honours. - Iron age settlement is unearthed
The remains of an Iron Age settlement are unearthed by archaeologists working along the route of a new £1.3m water pipeline in Kent. - Museum to install ancient timber
A Norfolk museum closes while the 4,000-year-old Seahenge central timber stump is installed. - Journey to flood villages in Peru
Briton Andrew Dare tells the BBC about his efforts to deliver supplies to villages cut off by floods in south-eastern Peru. - Roman coin is 'oldest in Britain'
A silver coin dug up in Leicestershire is now believed to be the oldest piece of Roman money found in Britain.










