ForewordDavid SaundersA new look at an old cat: a technical investigation of the Gayer-Anderson catJanet Ambers, Duncan Hook, Neal Spencer, Fleur Shearman, Susan La Niece, Rebecca Stacey and Caroline CartwrightA musical instrument fit for a queen: the metamorphosis of a Medieval citolePhilip Kevin, James Robinson, Susan La Niece, Caroline Cartwright and Chris EgertonThe manufacture and decoration of Parthian glazed 'slipper coffins' from WarkaAndrew Middleton, St John Simpson and Antony P. SimpsonConservation assessment of the Neanderthal human remains from Krapina, Croatia and its implications for the debate on the display and loan of human fossilsJill Cook and Clare WardAnalysis and conservation of a weeping glass scarabPhilip J. Fletcher, Ian Freestone and Rainer GeschkeThe photo-ageing behaviour of selected watercolour paints under anoxic conditionsCapucine KorenbergScientific aspects of ancient faces: mummy portraits from EgyptCaroline Cartwright and Andrew MiddletonA Spanish Medieval altar 'set': new investigation and assessment of its date and manufactureMaickel van Bellegem, Stefan Rohrs and Bet McLeodWooden Egyptian archery bows in the collections of the British MuseumCaroline Cartwright and John H. Taylor.