The appeal primarily challenges restrictions around the display of commercial ivory objects in the state

Experts in the trade question whether items seized by US customs under the new four-year policy will be returned to the Taliban

Repatriation could lead to resolution in other cases of looted art in museums

The larger than life-size statue was brought back from Rome by the Duke of Hamilton in the 18th century and is named after his Scottish palace

Collection of Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani finds a long-term home at the Hôtel de la Marine, the former repository of French royal furniture, art and jewels

Antiquities Coalition has published a policy brief urging government to seize the "window of opportunity" in wake of repealed EU Cultural Goods Regulations

The poor condition of the London museum’s Greek and Assyrian galleries—with roofs in disrepair causing long closures—is adding to calls for the restitution of the contested works

International trade groups including top British antique dealers vow to oppose trade of Afghan heritage artefacts under Taliban control

The London gallery, now run by Martin Clist and Charis Tyndall, is marking five decades with an exhibition of Greek black glaze pottery opening this week

Government has established €600,000 three-year pilot project called NEXUD to combat illegal trade in antiquities

The New York-based gallery sued after US authorities seized a bust of Alexander the Great in 2018. The sculpture's ownership and future remains unresolved

Charges are pending against two New York-based antiquities dealers linked to the objects

Dating from the ninth and tenth centuries, the objects are thought to have been looted from sacred sites in the late 1960s

Tools and other objects were discovered in a national park in southwest Texas, triggering an inquiry

Painstaking reconstruction by multi-agency task force is salvaging what artefacts remain after Islamic State occupation

After FBI investigation, sculptural antiquity lent by a collector is determined to have a disturbing provenance

The arts and crafts chain has amended its complaint regarding the ancient tablet, which it bought for at auction for $1.67m in 2014. It was seized by US authorities in 2019

Critics say Turkish government polices give short shrift to religious minorities’ cultural heritage

New online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore"

The rise of the online art market means due diligence on purchasing art is becoming increasingly complex

Authorities have accused Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan of running an alleged scheme to swindle buyers by using fake provenances

The controversial yet colourful Santa Fe-based art and antiquities dealer announced that his treasure had been found shortly before his death

Legal case brought against antiquities expert who also sold an allegedly looted golden sarcophagus to the Metropolitan Museum last year, while an arrest is made in Germany

The Mexican Emperor Maximilian, Crown Prince Rudolf and Archduke Franz Ferdinand all came to sad ends, but amassed vast estates and works of art

News of the death of dealer and expert in South East Asian art raises strong reactions and unanswered questions

Expert in Khmer and Indian antiquities was a dealer in Cambodian art in the 1970s and last year was accused of smuggling and creating false provenances for antiquities

Indictment says the paperwork misrepresented the work’s quality and value

New research conducted by US non-profit RAND suggests illicit market is less extensive and organised than is commonly believed

The institution has released an up-to-date account of discoveries from the seaside getaway near Herculaneum, where Roman politicians took restorative breaks—before it was buried by Vesuvius

Case involves "hundreds of objects worth millions" looted from the Near and Middle East