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Archaeologists excavating the windswept Ness of Brodgar are unearthing a treasure trove of neolithic villages, tombs, weapons and mysterious religious artefacts, some to be displayed in a blockbuster exhibition

British Museum, LondonThis fiercely emotional exhibition venerates the people of ancient Britain, uncovering a mystical landscape of gods and kings

The Burton Agnes chalk drum, a 5,000 year old chalk sculpture, was found on a country estate in the eponymous area of East Yorkshire.

5,000-year-old chalk drum decorated with motifs was discovered in Yorkshire alongside burial of three children

Letters: The sculptures in the British Museum could be replaced by exact replicas, and it would be fitting to return them to Greece this year, says Roger Michel. Plus letters from Anna Watson, Alan Gavurin and Richard Pickvance

Repatriating the spoils of empire is stuck in all manner of legal and historical impasses, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

A major new exhibition connects the stones on Salisbury Plain to many points and cultures across Europe through 1,500 years of immigration

It forms part of The World Of Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum.

Campaign for British Museum to return antiquities boosted by support from the Times newspaper