NewsArt market
How did this gem—an ‘archaic Greek masterpiece’—end up for sale at Christie’s in New York after being banned from leaving the UK?
The Ionides Scarab sold for $250,000 in April—but it may not have been the auction house’s, nor the consigner’s, right to sell the object in the US
NewsAncient art
One of the world's first art objects? Tiny 51,000-year-old deer bone was decoratively carved by Neanderthals, new study reveals
Discovery contradicts commonly held belief that these archaic humans were incapable of creating aesthetic items
FeatureArles
Destination Arles: must-see art and culture spots while on pilgrimage to the new LUMA creative campus
From Roman architecture to medieval streets that inspired Van Gogh, the historic city in the south of France is becoming a go-to destination
NewsLoot
Looted Libyan sculpture seized at Heathrow Airport heads back home with help from the British Museum
The funerary piece was illicitly excavated from the ancient city of Cyrene which is under threat from property developers
NewsManuscripts
The write stuff: new analysis on Dead Sea Scrolls sheds light on the scribes behind them
Researchers have used artificial intelligence and other advanced methods to examine the ancient writing
NewsPetroglyphs
Ancient petroglyphs damaged by climber in Utah
A man installed several bolts on and around petroglyphs he believed were "graffiti"
NewsDeaccessioning
'The public need to know the truth': company that valued Sekhemka statue before its controversial sale speaks out
Dealer offered to buy the Egyptian artefact for £4m and save it for the nation, claims Art & Antiques Appraisals
NewsAntiquities & Archaeology
How Germany’s 4,000-year-old answer to Stonehenge shows that Brexit is 'nonsense'
Pömmelte, sacred site that was used by the ancient Unetice culture, is opening up to tourists
NewsPalmyra
'The most beautiful female bust' brought back to life with vivid colour
Ancient Palmyra’s painted lady is digitally reconstructed from traces of pigments for new exhibition at Copenhagen’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
NewsRestoration
Restorers discover shield fragment is 1,700 years old, making it the oldest German panel painting
Researchers at the Landesmuseum in Halle found fragments of paint on the ancient wooden object
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Lack of space at the British Museum sees major loan of Assyrian collection to Getty
Since the closure of a basement gallery in 2006 there is little room to store the whole collection
NewsHeritage
Opposition flares as Peru’s government makes way for airport near Machu Picchu
A petition has been launched to prevent the Peruvian government from continuing the project
PreviewExhibitions
St. Louis show sniffs out why Egyptians smashed noses
Exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation explores how Pharaohs and Christians alike went in for vandalising and “killing” icons
NewsAncient Egypt
King Tutankhamun’s treasures come to London's Saatchi Gallery before returning to Egypt forever
150 ancient artefacts will be displayed in a major exhibition commemorating the centenary of the discovery of the pharaoh’s tomb
PreviewAncient Egypt
Tutankhamun treasure tour exhibition drums up funds for new Egyptian museum
Travelling show of 150 artefacts started in Los Angeles and is going to Paris and London
NewsRestitution
Spanish art dealer returns carved stones from a Nabatean temple to Jordan
Helped by an Oxford academic, Diego López de Aragón raised the alarm after acquiring the pieces from the estate of a Spanish diplomat and collector
NewsAncient Egypt
British Museum teams up with Louvre for revamp of Egyptian Museum in Cairo
But the disputed treasure, the Rosetta Stone, will remain in London
NewsDeaccessioning
Revealed: marquess of Northampton tried to buy Sekhemka statue before it was controversially sold off by UK museum
Ancient Egyptian sculpture was almost bought by the 7th marquess, whose predecessor donated it to the local museum in the 19th century
NewsAntiquities & Archaeology
Herculaneum’s museum of relics finally opens its doors, 44 years on
Inaugural show presents jewels and precious objects excavated in the early 20th century alongside more recent discoveries
PreviewExhibitions
Berlin blockbuster: from the world's oldest figurative art to sculptures bombed during the war
Survey at Martin-Gropius-Bau boasts a staggering 1,000 exhibits discovered over the past 20 years in Germany
NewsConservation & Preservation
Conservation starts on Liverpool’s Neolithic stones
The Calderstones are being studied, recorded and restored before their reinstallation
News
Can a brand new museum boost ancient Nîmes’s Unesco bid?
Musée de la Romanité, dedicated to the city's Roman history, cost almost €60m to build
NewsLooting
Scotland Yard joins global crackdown on looted pharaonic antiquities
The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects
PreviewExhibitions
Turkmenistan sends treasures to Berlin in diplomatic move
Bronze Age artefacts from Margiana go on show at the Neues Museum
NewsCensorship
Facebook censors 30,000 year-old Venus of Willendorf as 'pornographic'
Nude statue is latest artwork to be deemed inappropriate by social media giant
ArchiveRestitution
Turkey turns up the heat on foreign museums as list of antiquities demanded gets longer
More exhibitions are hit by the loans boycott as Turkey pushes for restitution
ArchivePolitics
Egyptian collector Naguib Sawiris comes in third place in national elections
Al Masryeen Al Ahrar (The Free Egyptians) is led by the Coptic art collector
ArchiveRestitution
Judge decides Getty knew its Greek bronze was illegal
Italian minister asks for restitution of the Fano Athlete
ArchiveRestitution
US collector returns artefacts to Greece
Shelby White restitutes a marble relief fragment and a bronze calyx krater, both from the fourth century BC
ArchiveAncient art
Controversial New York antiquities collector’s exhibition centre opens
Funded by Shelby White amidst controversy regarding the provenance of her personal collection
ArchiveRestitution
Antiquities dealer Jerome Eisenberg returns Roman and Etruscan artefacts to Italy
The works had been illegally exported or excavated
ArchiveRestitution
Italy gets antiquities back from Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The museum bought in good faith, but was shown evidence that they had left Italy illicitly
ArchiveRestitution
Getty antiquities to be returned to Italy
A joint statement by the Getty and Italian government says 21 pieces will go back
ArchiveRestitution
Turkey claims stele in British Museum
Despite a lack of evidence suggesting that the basalt stele was excavated illegally, the Turkish government are making a bid to regain the artefact
ArchiveForgeries
Five men charged in Jerusalem forgery case
They stand accused of faking an inscription on an antiquity for financial gain
ArchiveCollectors
Collector profile: Jan Mitchell's antiquities and the search for "the philosopher’s stone"
The man behind the Mitchell Prize, awarded last month, is also a major collector of Pre-Columbian gold sculpture
ArchiveForgeries
Forgery is fun for all: Exhibition at Nelson-Atkins Museum puts art of the ancient world put to the test
Visitors get to decide between fakes and the real thing