“Doses” of datura plant used in communal ceremonies have been found embedded in the ceiling of Pinwheel Cave
The object was seized on its way to an art fair last year and came from the same network that sold other looted antiquities to museums
Plaster casts were made of the newly discovered victims of Vesuvius eruption, which are believed to have been a wealthy landowner and his slave
Using radar technology, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 19m-long ship beneath a farmer's fields
The plans are part of a ten-year agreement between France and Saudi Arabia to develop the AlUla region into a tourism destination
Removal of ancient and modern specimens is latest run-in between President Erdogan’s government and foreign missions
The Antiquities Coalition releases a list of “infamous cases of cultural racketeering”
The animals still had their ritual adornments, including necklaces and long, colourful tassels hanging from their ears
The 2,000 year-old earth carving could be the oldest geoglyph ever found
The finding of 59 sarcophagi and dozens of statuettes in Saqqara is just “the beginning of the big discovery” Egypt’s antiquities minister says
Authorities have accused Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan of running an alleged scheme to swindle buyers by using fake provenances
A local boy pointed out the spot in northwest Argentina where researchers discovered the previously unrecorded site Cerro Quemado
The Havering Hoard, which will be exhibited at the Museum of London, Docklands, was discovered two years ago and has never before been shown in its entirety
Researchers studied the Neolithic rock art in the Los Machos rockshelter
The controversial yet colourful Santa Fe-based art and antiquities dealer announced that his treasure had been found shortly before his death
We take a tour of Egypt’s vast antiquities museum—the future home of Tutankhamun’s treasures—before its long-awaited opening in 2021
Sample taken in 1958 was key in discovering ancient site’s "geochemical fingerprint"
After ten years of research, the city of Cobá is revealing its secrets to archaeologists
Lawyer says Egypt breached heritage protection laws by contracting a private company to tour the artefacts
The work was returned to Egypt last year after officials were shown evidence it might have been looted during the Arab Spring in 2011
Heritage group Athar were part of a campaign highlighting the social media giants' “black market in antiquities”
The eccentric antiquities dealer Forrest Fenn dropped clues to find the fortune in a poem and at least five people died looking for it
Blasting of two ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge was authorised in 2013 by Western Australia state government
Pömmelte, sacred site that was used by the ancient Unetice culture, is opening up to tourists
The auction house knew that the provenance of an ancient cuneiform tablet inscribed with the Epic of Gilgamesh was made up, lawsuit claims
Interpol says the operation spanned 103 countries and that objects ranged from coins to paintings to fossils
Heritage watchdog sees rise in posts from trafficking groups on Facebook
In an open letter, the organisation criticises building work in the historic area, which is on the nomination list to become a World Heritage site
The Legion of Honor, which relies heavily on exhibition revenue, hopes to present the show later this spring