Unesco is calling for a global treaty to prevent commercial interests from destroying shipwrecks found in international waters

Jackie’s companion targeted for buying $1 million of hot Greek body parts

The return may be even more complicated than during the Fascist era

High levels of pollution in the area are diminishing the marble

Out of the ten newly designated Unesco sites, the biggest includes eighteen royal Savoy properties

The greatest city of the Hellenistic age has been neglected by archaeology for decades. Now underwater survey techniques have provided us with glimpses of the centre’s greatness. But many decry the techniques being used

Where archaeology becomes power

The change of regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo coincided with thefts from the Institut des Musées Nationaux

The find dates from around AD 650

The priject to execavate the imperial fora of Augustus, Vespasian, Nerva and Trajan has been described as “every archaeologist’s dream”

Collector George Ortiz speaks up and argues that its ratification will achieve the exact opposite of its declared aims

Looting, conflict and mining have caused terrible destruction

Artifact had been missing from Bologna since 1940

Second fair surpasses first in sales for certain subjects

To dig or not to dig?

Professor John Malcolm Russell's personal connection to the objects left him well placed to recognise them in images from sales

Government ministers quarrel over paperwork, but also over the care and safety of 'sacred and symbolic' treasures

The red-letter roll call of recent Chinese archaeology

“A world institute involved in world archaeology”

In a lecture given at London's Institute of Archaeology, Dr Lamia al Galiani-Werr drove home the urgency of the issue

Modern reconstructions with ancient materials have escaped detection until now

Collectors fear the end of British rule in the Territory, but some young dealers see huge opportunities

The Three Gorges dam and a number of smuggling stories highlight the difficulty of preserving the country's heritage

The British School at Athens managed to obtain coveted permission to excavate

In the last of our series which publishes talks given in London this summer, Professor Sir John Boardman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of classical archaeology and art at Oxford, singles out three areas for concern.

In a radical change of policy, the Getty now favours archaeological conservation, research and education over collection building

Austrian support for the Kurds leads to friction over archaeology

Laws now are obsessed with the objects rather than the sites

The scholar of Iranian culture and International Herald Tribune art journalist says dealers could be the solution to recent archaeological disasters