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In what may be the most accurate representation of the King yet, a head based on scans carried out by Leicester Royal Infirmary will form a cranial summer centrepiece in York.

The continuous spray which has protected the timbers of the Mary Rose for three decades has been turned off ahead of a five-year drying-out process for the famous ship.

Experts from Museum of London Archaeology say thousands of "beautifully preserved" remains in London could transform our understanding of Roman Britain.

Dozens of watercolour recordings of tomb decorations from Ancient Egypt are about to go on show at the city's Museum and Art Gallery. We find out about one of them.

A set of 4,000-year-old artefacts, found in the Yorkshire countryside after World War II and donated to the Yorkshire Museum, have gone on public display in Dalby.

The Deputy Coroner has given treasure status to a pair of 4,000-year-old weapons found by a pair of metal detectorists in a Pembrokeshire field two years ago.

Find out why York was one of the most powerful cities in England for 1,000 years in a new exhibition illuminated by films, cartoons and colour-coded trails.

The Curator of Ethnography at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery tells us about a linen ball, designed for the afterlife, at the forthcoming Pharaoh: King of Egypt show.

Excavators believed they have found Sir James Tillie's body, buried in his best clothes alongside books, wine and his pipe 300 years ago, in a hidden vault.

Having matched DNA from the skeleton with descendents of Richard III, experts say they have proved "beyond reasonable doubt" that the skeleton is that of the King.

From gold and silver to pieces in ostrich egg and exotic shell, the Ashmolean has been left an immense hoard collected by a silver trader for decades across Europe.

Artist Penny Hill has used Roman painting techniques to depict the possible face of a 40-year-old man from 200 AD found buried in Newport.

Curators hope a meeting of craftsmen and academics will help them discover more about an exquisite ring which has left them "baffled" since being found in a York field in 2009.

The Finds Manager for the Canterbury Archaeological Trust recalls the phonecall which led to the excavation of a Prehistoric helmet from a field in Kent.

Curators at the Halesworth and District Museum have cause to celebrate as two extremely rare Bronze Age hoards go on display after a triumphant public fundraising campaign.

A new vault of "weird s***" in Soho prepares to unveil penis bones carved from human skulls, skeletons, a woolly mammoth tusk and an Ice Age wolf head.

The public appeal to buy a Medieval badge of allegiance found in a Yorkshire field in 2010 has raised more than the £2,000 required, the Yorkshire Museum has announced.

Historic Scotland is celebrating after a third prehsitoric stone figure was found in the archaeologically fertile grounds of the Links of Notland on Westray, Orkney.

A small Bronze Age pottery sherd, currently on display at the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall, could be the earliest representation of a boat ever found in the UK.

The first dig since the 1930s at Branodunum, a fort near Brancaster on the north Norfolk coast, will result in television revelations about Roman communities next year.

A "stunningly-preserved" wooden chest full of the earthly possessions of a Roman soldier, found in Corbridge decades ago, goes on show along with unseen footage from the dig.

Vikings are on the rampage and there's the clang of metal and the heat of fire among the Culture24/7 history and heritage picks for August 2012.

Jorvik's Valhalla exhibition brings together key Viking burial findings and explores the latest archaeological research techniques to tell us more about our Norse forebears.

Coins from the Roman occupation of France and the Low Countries 2,000 years ago, found in a Leicestershire village in 2010, have gone on display at the Harborough Museum.

An award-winning archaeology project carried out by soldiers injured in Afghanistan has uncovered the skeletons of an Anglo-Saxon man and woman on Salisbury Plain.

Experts investigating the solid mass of 50,000 ancient coins found in a field in Jersey - thought to be one of the largest of its kind ever discovered - have revealed precious gold and silver treasures.

One of the largest collections of Celtic coins ever found is being examined by experts in Jersey's Parish of Grouville after being reported by a pair of amateur metal detectorists.

The first major international exhibition at the refurbished National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh looks at the ancient Egyptian rituals surrounding death and the afterlife through an exciting array of treasures from the museum's own collections and the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

As the hoard of Iron Age coins goes on sneak preview to the public, we find out about Ipswich Museum's plans to save it.

Christopher Dobbs of the Mary Rose Trust talks about a wooden ballast shovel which is part of the Mary Rose Museum collection - and just one of thousands of objects recovered from the historic warship.

Curator's Choice: Elizabeth Walker, Curator of Palaeolithic & Mesolithic Archaeology at National Museum Cardiff picks a Neanderthal hand axe made of rhyolite, which dates back to c. 60,000-35,000 BC.

With the summer solstice once again upon us now is a good time to visit the UK's many mysterious megalithic monuments.

This trail is a guide to some of the places in Britain where you can find out about all things medieval, from the monks' plainsong to King Richard III's reputation and the Peasants' Revolt.

We look at some of the best museums and collections in the UK to discover the golden treasures from the world of the Ancient Egyptians.

Take a look at fascinating objects in London museums. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of Northern Ireland. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of Scotland. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

The People's Museum - take a look at some intriguing objects found in the museums of the East of England. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of Liverpool. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of the south east. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

As the BBC series Battlefield Britain examined decisive battles on British soil, Culture24 follows in the footsteps of that greatest of rebels, Boudicca.

Sarah Morley looks at Norwich's Jewish heritage a link that dates back to medieval times and accounts for several historic parts of the city.

Jayna Makwana ventures beneath the historic streets of Norwich to discover the medieval undercrofts that will be revealed for HODs 2005.

Britain’s defeat of the Spanish Armada was a victory against one of the great seafaring nations. Our trail follows up the BBC TV series, Battlefield Britain.

As Hollywood's interpretation of the Arthur legend hits cinema screens all over the country, join the 24 Hour Museum in a quest to find out if such a man ever existed.

A Voyage Round O'Brian's Britain is a tour of UK museums that brings the world of Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey to life.

For those of you unable to get to the south coast for the Brighton Photo Biennial 2003 we have put together a trail of some of the best photography galleries, collections and exhibition spaces in the UK.

If it's heritage you're after, be it castles and ancient archaeology or award-winning museums and WWII tunnel complexes, Jersey has the cultural lot!

It's got its own language, taxes, sheep and cats, so here is our trail of top places to visit on the island-wide living cultural archive that is the Isle of Man.