Technology
Former Christie's director launches online venture eAuctionRoom.com
“We are a technology platform, not an auction house,” said Mark Poltimore in 2000. The onetime auction boss wants to make European sales more accessible to US and UK audiences
Deliberation over ownership of submerged vessels and their booty at the bottom of the ocean leads to Unesco intervention
An estimated three million shipwrecks lay undiscovered. UNESCO is calling for a global treaty to protect them. Salvors say it is unrealistic and unworkable, despite developments in deep-sea exploration technology
How the internet will change the art market: the new kids on the block are smarter than you think
The advice on how to be successful in the online world offered here in 2000 centred on building a community and having a shared sense of purpose and trust
Where underwater treasure-hunters go, legislation must follow: Unesco's proposal explained
Unesco is calling for a global treaty to prevent commercial interests from destroying shipwrecks found in international waters
Radar imaging reveals ancient Cambodian ruins
Evidence of an earlier culture is found in the jungle surrounding Angkor
The search for ancient Alexandria goes underwater
The greatest city of the Hellenistic age has been neglected by archaeology for decades. Now underwater survey techniques have provided us with glimpses of the centre’s greatness. But many decry the techniques being used
One of the most advanced and sophisticated computer-based analyses of an ancient landscape in Europe is taking the excavation out of discovery
To dig or not to dig?
"China: cradle of knowledge" officially opens in Birmingham 25 February
Astonishing science and technology show from Peking
Conservators fighting fire and time for the Royal Academy
Sculptor conservators Taylor Pearce are working on Windsor, Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Hall
Radar helps find amphitheatre without digging
New combination of techniques leads to important finds at ancient Italica
Centrox and Thesaurus offer new tech services to dealers and collectors
The art market at the touch of a button