If confirmed, Eanswythe's bones are the earliest identified remains of an English saint

Research for a new book begins with a pilgrimage to find prehistoric rock art in northern England

We look back at the biggest stories of the year

Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian minister of antiquities, corrals international team of experts to press institutions for return of important artefacts

Archaeologists say the tablets, unearthed nearly a century ago, are akin to receipts

British Museum exhibition will display work inspired by epic stories alongside artefacts from 19th-century archaeological excavations

A new article implements harsher fines and imprisonment for abusing archaeological sites and museums and smuggling antiquities out of the country

Museum at the University of Pennsylvania will open 10,000 sq. ft of reimagined spaces

Recent cases involving stolen art have raised questions over the behaviour of diplomats

The shows Raiders of the Lost Past and Handmade in Bolton on the BBC and the scholar's popular podcast reflect a thirst for in-depth knowledge

A Met exhibition explores fraught acquisitions in museum collections with the aim of kickstarting new conversations

Peak adult tickets for the travelling exhibition opening at the Saatchi Gallery in London this week will cost £37.40

Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini says the find shows the site is an "inexhaustible mine for archaeological research"

In an exclusive interview, Jean-Luc Martinez reveals his big plans for the museum and why 250,000 objects must leave Paris

Experts worry that artefacts would be in peril if a 30-ft-high steel barrier is built

Artist’s works on iconoclasm in Mosul are currently on show at the Imperial War Museum in London

Objects are reportedly linked to antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor who is facing criminal charges in the US

The loaf, made with yeast extracted from an artefact at the MFA Boston, could provide valuable insight into ancient civilisations

Three artists enter a dialogue with Middle Eastern antiquities at the University of Chicago

The exhibition in Oxford, which contains loans that have never before left Italy, includes a (possible) Roman version of a chamber pot

As the Getty winds down its decade-long Mosaikon project, it leaves behind a legacy of expertise in a region threatened by looting and political unrest

Art organisations join other US businesses at a series of hearings this week in Washington, DC on the proposed 25% tariff on $300bn worth of Chinese goods

The Trojan antiquities went to Berlin after the London museum rejected an offer to acquire them

Nearly a decade after the Arab Spring scared off tourists, the Petra Museum is poised to welcome back visitors—and open up access for locals

Excavation campaigns on the Greek island have raised questions about our knowledge of Cycladic art and culture

Researchers have found two anomalies in Egypt's Valley of the Kings