However, the US and UK say the it conflicts with existing maritime legislation and Russia, Norway, Turkey, and Venezuela vote no

This virtuous circle

An estimated three million shipwrecks lay undiscovered. UNESCO is calling for a global treaty to protect them. Salvors say it is unrealistic and unworkable, despite developments in deep-sea exploration technology

Evidence of an earlier culture is found in the jungle surrounding Angkor

Seven hundred year-old painting was dismissed as nineteenth-century

The red-letter roll call of recent Chinese archaeology

The British School at Rome and the Tirana Institute of Archaeology are excavating Albania’s most important site.

Despite being published last year by the International Council of Museums, severed stone heads are circulating in London and New York

Archaeology bows to the peace process

The works were collected day by day, from 1907 to 1914, by Paul Alexandre during the artist’s stay in Paris

Legal complexities ensue, with deceit, conspiracy and covert dealing surrounding the treasures history becoming certain