Syrian antiquities head confirms destruction of ancient Roman archway

The outline of a house dating to the sixth century BC was found beneath the Palazzo Canevari on the Quirinal Hill

Robert Smithson would have approved of environmental changes, say guardians of the site

Conservators to sweep the floors of the boy pharaoh’s burial chamber and remove epoxy applied to golden mask’s loose beard

Fondo Ambiente Italiano offers its own space in St Mark’s Square after mayor tries to postpone exhibition at Doge’s Palace

From Tutankhamun to Disney cartoons, the conservation institute continues to revolutionise conservation practice from its Los Angeles base

Lack of building conservation workers has become "acute" in US

Casa Vicens, a Unesco World Heritage building, is currently undergoing renovation

Lyon insists a restoration of the artist’s 1994 intervention in the main square is on the agenda

Syria's antiquities ministry condemns killing as "cowardly and criminal act of appalling brutality"

Photos of the “monsters in Venice” should have been displayed in the Doge’s Palace in September

St Giles House, the Dorset seat of the Earls of Shaftesbury, wins restoration award—and the Earl is moving back in

The late artist’s celebrated mosaics displayed at Tottenham Court Road tube will be restored at Edinburgh University

Experts meet in Bonn as news breaks of further destruction in conflict zones

Ancient sites were targeted by extremist groups

Conservators have got to grips with seminal artist’s use of non-traditional materials

Museums have learned to preserve the unusual materials in Joseph Beuys's works

Dmitry Sukhin wants Colour Row Settlement, designed by Berlin Philharmonic Hall architect Hans Scharoun, to be restored to full glory

Continued fighting in the region further threatens the country’s heritage sites

Suicide bomber among those killed after failed assault outside popular tourist site

Discovery to be revealed in CSI-style show at The Hague’s Mauritshuis

New publication includes cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, Assyrian reliefs and coins