Emile Fraudin, who possibly perpetrated one of European archaeology's greatest frauds, has died aged 103, taking his secrets with him. I discovered this news from an obituary in a British newspaper which manages to be marvellously even handed when discussing the case, and I'll point you to them on this...

The British Library is to spend the next three years interviewing British scientists to create an oral history archive. While veterans of the world wars have been the target of oral historians for a while, curator Dr Rob Perks explained to the BBC that "We have long been painfully aware...

I've come across a few stories linked to the posthumous spread of Napoleon's body parts and related objects, and thanks to the Telegraph I've found another. According to this article, people cleaning (the apparent depths) of a Town Hall's vaults uncovered a lock of hair with a letter claiming it...