But heritage groups say the funds fall far short of the real cost of restoration

Damascene reception room is being restored before making its museum debut in Saudi Arabia in 2016

Funds for Great Pompeii Project could be withdrawn as lack of staff and red tape stifle efforts to save site

Prime minister appeals for $2bn after historic squares are reduced to rubble and ancient temples are damaged in deadly disaster

Experts blame local authorities in Vyborg for failing to act as architecture begins to collapse

Opening marks the completion of a seven-year restoration project

Experts say Palestinian heritage is at risk as ministry makes money from buildings seized from refugees

Authorities at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing tried to block the copy from being built

Aby Rosen’s controversial plans to bring the 1958 restaurant “back to its original glory” met with opposition from architects and preservationists

Unesco chief condemns attacks, urges all side to keep heritage out of the conflict

What you can do despite too many cruise ships, rising sea level and with no one in charge

Treatment of emperor’s statue may resolve conflicting accounts of its history

Museum director and former antiquities minister refute Italian archaeologist’s theory

Bacteria removed from Villa of the Mysteries frieze during restoration

Visitors can see the architect’s newly restored living quarters for the first time in 160 years

Thinning the painting’s varnish reveals La Belle Ferronnière's fine features, but French experts unable to confirm her identity

Restored with passion by Desmond FitzGerald, co-founder of the Irish Georgian society, it is on the market at €6.5m, contents extra

"Feat in forensics” finally establishes correct sequence of artist's private album

Winners of Europa Nostra prize include Stonehenge visitor centre and virtual museum of St Mark's in Venice

Following vandalism at Mosul museum and Nergal Gate, Iraqi government says IS has destroyed ancient sites at Nimrud, Hatra and Khorsabad