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The auction takes place on June 6.

An exceptionally rare ancient shark fossil from 96 million years ago is going up for auction for between £20,000 and £30,000.

An extremely rare 96-million-year-old fossil of a reef shark is to be offered at auction.

Metal detectorist Chris Ulliott chanced on the object during an organised dig in Ryedale.

These rare coins could earn you thousands if you find them behind the sofa. From a £50,000 Queen Victoria coin (top left) to a £900,000 Queen Anne one (bottom centre), you could well be rolling in cash.

Antiquities researchers say the lack of an exact origin on items raises concerns over where the artefacts came from, as some resemble items stolen from Yemen

A sculpture that was stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul almost 30 years ago is to be returned to its country, the British newspaper the Guardian reported on Saturday.

© Supplied by Timeline Auctions Dundee was known as Juteopolis for a reason. Outstripping Hull as the largest importer of flax and overtaking Leeds as Britain’s greatest producer of linen, it then became the jute capital of the world, with 50,000 hands making the bobbins fly and the mills bustle. It was not the only textiles capital of bygone days, however. The town of Umma, in the Western Asiatic Sumerian kingdom, now part of the Middle East, was the ‘Dundee’ of 4,ooo years ago. Illustr...

1.75in-tall figure dates back to the 7th Century but remains in fantastic condition Experts believe it is a gaming piece similar to chess that formed part of a set It was bought by a private collector for £120k with Timeline Auctions of Mayfair A 1,400-year-old bronze chess piece that was unearthed in a field in Norfolk has sold for more than £120,000 at an auction. The 1.75in-tall item, which depicts an armed horse rider, was discovered by an anonymous metal detectorist near Bradwell in Gr...