Conservation

British naval heritage at risk of being sold off

Archaeologists are up in arms over the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) decision to transfer the management of an 18th-century British warship to a newly formed charitable body, the Maritime Heritage... MORE

Published online: 16 May 2012

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Allianoi archaeologist awarded cultural heritage prize

Ahmet Yaras’s campaign to save Turkey's ancient Roman spa town from flooding is now in the running for one of six €10,000 “grand prizes”

Published online: 09 May 2012

Colosseum sponsorship deal at last hurdle

Final appeal due in May

Published online: 24 April 2012

Mucha’s “Slav Epic” moved to Prague without approval

Conservationists and art historians warn temporary venue could damage the paintings

Published online: 05 April 2012

Ancient monastery attacked by Israeli extremists

Vandalism at Christian sites condemned by religious communities and politicians

Published online: 04 April 2012

Nuns from Kathmandu help restore 400-year-old Tibetan paintings

The works are now on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Published online: 29 March 2012

Saved: London arts hub lives on

One of London's most pleasant art enclaves looks set to be saved from the bulldozer with Borough & Bankside community council rejecting...

From the sublime to the ridiculous

This is the latest demonstration that the people running Venice have lost all sense of the sublimity of the city in their charge. The area...