An international team of experts will map monuments in Giza and Dahshur using lasers, drones, subatomic particles and infrared technology

Complexity of Syrian war and rise of Isil underpin muted response to ongoing destruction of ancient site

Archaeologists plan to use radar scanners to investigate behind the walls of the boy pharaoh’s burial chamber

The outline of a house dating to the sixth century BC was found beneath the Palazzo Canevari on the Quirinal Hill

Conservators to sweep the floors of the boy pharaoh’s burial chamber and remove epoxy applied to golden mask’s loose beard

An exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum reveals the continued importance of the classical ideal

Country’s president applauds “unusual” restitution but calls out international museums that display objects stolen from Latin American

Flags were flown at half-mast around the country and heritage experts shared their outrage

Egypt’s leading archaeologist Zahi Hawass throws cold water on the recent theory that a hidden door in the boy king’s tomb could lead to the queen’s long-lost burial chamber

Syria's antiquities ministry condemns killing as "cowardly and criminal act of appalling brutality"

Terrorist group functions as a modern racketeering operation through sale of plundered cultural objects

First confirmed damage by extremist group to historic site in Syria

Suicide bomber among those killed after failed assault outside popular tourist site

New publication includes cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, Assyrian reliefs and coins

The country’s monasteries and mosques have no place in the Caliphate

Funds for Great Pompeii Project could be withdrawn as lack of staff and red tape stifle efforts to save site

A new film looks at Mes Aynak, an archaeological treasure that may soon be buried

Syrian government forces withdraw leaving archaeological site under serious threat

Syria’s greatest archaeological site is under threat—again

Statue of the Hindu monkey-god was looted ‘in all likelihood’

Concerns raised after François Pinault returns looted artefacts as diplomatic gesture

France takes the lead as calls grow for co-ordinated response after attacks by fanatics on Assyrian royal cities

Assault on the seat of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II could be the worst case of deliberate destruction of an archaeological site in living memory

Vidya Dehejia is the 65th speaker in the distinguished series

Ruins found in the far north of China are believed to be a section of the ancient fortification