Forensics
Theatrics, mathematics and Bitcoin…
Over the weekend Craig Wright claimed to be the man behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamota, the creator of the digital currency Bitcoin. Craig Wright convinced journalists at (amongst others) the BBC and the Economist that ...
Time for the modern ‘Monuments Men’ as Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery is destroyed?
The news that the 1,400 year-old St Elijah’s Monastery, Iraq's oldest Christian monastery, has been completely destroyed by the self-styled Islamic State has once again caused shock-waves throughout the world. Satellite images show the site, ...
Unearthing Britain’s Pompeii in Must Farm: was it arson?
This month archaeologists discovered Britain’s Pompeii in Cambridgeshire. It is thought that a fire destroyed the wooden houses which may have formed part of a settlement at Must Farm quarry and which date back to ...