NewsLoot
Looted ancient temple sculpture—seized by UK police—will go home to Afghanistan
British Museum and Art Loss Register collaborate over recovery of ancient bull decoration that was consigned to an online auction
NewsConservation & Preservation
Geneva-based foundation Aliph directs $10m to heritage conservation projects in conflict zones
Sites targeted range from a Yemeni palace in ruins to a shrine destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq
NewsConservation & Preservation
Aliph global protection fund announces 14 projects across multiple war zones
The Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, Syria’s Raqqa Museum and Mosul libraries all safeguarded
ArchiveNews
Shaun Gladwell sets off for Afghanistan as Australia’s official war artist
He is creating video and photographic works to document the conflict
ArchiveUnesco
“Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan”: recording and illustrating key objects in the Kabul Museum
Unesco has published a record of the 1,600 objects acquired by the institution between 1931 and 1985
ArchiveAfghanistan
First show at Kabul Museum since war
Austria finances the restoration of wooden idols chopped up by the Taliban
ArchiveUnesco
Disagreement over possible resurrection of Bamiyan Buddhas
Unesco sends out conflicting press releases
ArchivePhotography
Three young photographers who covered the war in Afghanistan talk about their experiences
'I am a photographer and I quite often get sent to photograph wars, I report on the human condition'
ArchiveEthics
Oslo: Buddhism’s “Dead Sea Scrolls” for sale to Norway
Saved from Afghanistan by top collector, the manuscripts pose an ethical problem
ArchiveUnesco
"An absolute political priority": Bamiyan Buddhas may be rebuilt
Unesco will convene an international meeting next month to discuss reconstruction
ArchiveLooted art
Johnny Eskenazi on the cultural casualties of the Afghan war: An evening with Kalashnikovs and the Begram ivories
In 1996, the art dealer and scholar was taken secretly to the house of a Pakistani politician where he saw one of the greatest treasures from the Kabul Museum
ArchiveAfghanistan
Afghanistan’s historical sites devastated: An up-to-date survey
Looting, conflict and mining have caused terrible destruction