New York authorities tracked down the object, which was being used as a coffee table by a Manhattan couple, after a photograph appeared in a book on porphyry

After nearly 30 years at the museum, antiquities expert Carlos Picón will head dealer’s new US venture

The founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, set up an archaeological programme that anticipates the creation of Louvre Abu Dhabi

Ancient settlement was discovered south of Lyon during construction of four apartment blocks

Spanning 3000 years, the exhibition covers the Egyptian origins of alchemy to its influence on contemporary artists such as Koons

'Age of Empires' explores the art of the Qin and Han dynasties

Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac tracks African roots and African routes in its upcoming exhibition

Malian cultural heritage at biggest risk in wake of Islamist rebel attacks

Recent research explains why women masqueraded as men on their coffins

Fears grow over fate of ancient Syrian site which suffered disastrous destruction during last occupation by extremists

Life-size sculptures to be the centrepiece of a major loan show at the National Museums Liverpool

Looted artefacts were deposited at the tax-free warehouses between 2009 and 2010

UK military draws up plans for specialist unit to protect cultural heritage in war zones

La Stampa newspaper claims that looted artefacts are being trafficked in Calabria

Investigators recovered more than 2,000 objects, mostly coins, that they say were offered for sale through auction houses

The artefacts may have come to the island, which was as an important trade route, from Muslim or Chinese merchants

Three million years before Duchamp, an ape-like humanoid in Africa found a stone that is now going on display for the first time at the British Museum

The French president was joined by the US vice president Joe Biden at the Metropolitan Museum in New York Tuesday night

On the heels of bomb scares in the city, a cultural casualty of Isis is rebuilt in City Hall Park

Figurine discovered in southern Anatolia was most likely a ritual object

After Versailles, the Louvre is the latest institution caught up in forgery case involving Kraemer and Aaron galleries

The Austrian-run project was forced to close early, reportedly due to a political row between the two countries

In a wide-ranging interview, Maamoun Abdulkarim discussed the realities of illegal trafficking, restoration efforts in Palmyra and his concerns over destruction in Aleppo

The tool has allowed researchers at the Bodleian Libraries to see pre-colonial painted pictures underneath the gesso of Codex Selden

Two rare finds were made in a matter of weeks, depicting chariot races and the labours of Hercules

Discovery in Phanagoria, the ancient Greek site near Crimea, is of "international significance"

Two minors carved over a pictogram at one of Norway’s most important archaeological sites

Fears abound for the collection-rich, cash-poor Hawaiian institution

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen will hand over around 500 items acquired in the 1970s

Video footage shot by the militant group shows explosives detonated at the entrance arch