Paris auctions were poor except for Pre-Colombian works

Athens are still hopeful that the marbles will be returned, to be be housed in the currently unfinished New Acropolis Museum

New exhibition at Kunst und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn.

The Art Newspaper takes inventory of the worst casualties

The Art Newspaper speaks to the director of the Metropolitan about the historical significance of the Iraq Museum's plunder and how disasters of its kind can be dealt with

Polls show the public could not care less what the art world thinks

Worlds intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans

One of the great connoisseurs of our time, the curator of the current exhibition of Chinese art at the Guggenheim talks about Chinese art seen from within and without

The booking was cancelled after the decision received backlash from the British Museum

The Art Newspaper reviews contemporary scholarship on vase-painting, architectural orders and The Parthenon

Including a reproduction of the declaration in full

The Acropolis museum is under construction, and the design for the permanent exhibition is in preparation

A look at what happened to the sculptures from early Christian times to the 21st century, and the damage to those remaining after Lord Elgin bought the majority of them

The reconstruction of the Acropolis requires the capital and drum back from Britain to be completed, whilst the rightful custody of the marbles is still in question

If deemed a Nazi object, it belongs to the Bavarian State

Book Review: Whose Pharaohs?

Switzerland also debating new national legislation to make the movement of art and artefacts more transparent

The ancient Assyrian empire, along with over a hundred other heritage sites, will face detrimental flooding

Archaeologically, architecturally and art-historically, Iran is very much on the move

The publication is interpreted by William St Clair to be the result of efforts to protect the institution's reputation

Ex-Secretary General of ICOM weighs on on the marbles' status in Britain with an offer of compromise

Few have seen the Nimrud gold, a cache of eighth-century BC Assyrian royal gold

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

However, the US and UK say the it conflicts with existing maritime legislation and Russia, Norway, Turkey, and Venezuela vote no

Mount of contention

An ongoing effort to restore the ancient site has international teams working altogether but using radically different approaches, resulting in unexpected order

Museums must set the standard for collectors and dealers, says Manus Brinkman Secretary General of the International Council of Museums

The restrictions were imposed following a 1999 request made by Italy under Article 9 of the Unesco Convention

$12 million pay out to the three families

After 54 years of procrastination, the Italian government could be close to returning the Axum obelisk to Ethiopia