A study of human hair woven into a 500-year-old khipu concluded that its creator had eaten a diet associated with low-ranking individuals

The statue, which has faced considerable criticism in recent weeks, will not remain in Copenhagen, according to The Agency for Culture and Palaces

Researchers have found evidence of former residents and newcomers making a life among the ruins of the ancient Roman city in the years following 79AD

A dig led by the National Trust and York Archaeology—on land very near to where the scientist was born—has uncovered a collection of domestic objects

The World Monuments Fund is now exploring ways to re-engage in the country, after cultural institutions spent years starved of resources and international support

Across the last decade, thousands of archaeological artefacts have been smuggled to safety by NGOs

After the Indian culture ministry intervened to halt a sale of the Piprahwa gems, Sotheby’s has sold the trove to a Mumbai conglomerate

A third of the newcomers have roots in prehistory, including mysterious megaliths in France and a region in Australia that is home to some of the world’s oldest petroglyphs

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK, found the marking on an artefact due to go on display in an exhibition this autumn

The State Department says that Unesco membership does not square with its “America-first” outlook

The Mexica city’s founding is celebrated with new commemorations, reinforcing a nationalist focus on Indigenous identity

Aeneas, named after a hero from Greek and Roman mythology, can calculate when inscriptions were carved and predict lost text

The development, which was due to address the genocide waged against Aboriginal Tasmanians by British colonists, has lost out to government-backed sports venue

Jane and Louise Wilson’s work will go on show at site of Roman temple in the heart of London

Peñico opened to the public earlier this week, following eight years of research led by the archaeologist Ruth Shady

Centre des Monuments Nationaux has also signed agreements with the National Trust, the National Trust for Scotland and English Heritage

A section of the ancient complex, the age of which has long been debated, has been found to date back to between 4600 and 4300 BC

CSMVS's mobile museum venture, created in collaboration with an exhibition it curated with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Berlin State Museums and the British Museum, examines the underlying connections between ancient civilisations

Civil servants felt frustrated after Prime Minister John Major returned the 13th-century artefact 30 years ago, newly released papers reveal

Little is known about the vast collection of art and artefacts the Hudson’s Bay Company amassed from its founding in 1670, but experts believe it includes many important pieces of Canada’s First Nations and colonial heritage

UK government official said that trees should be planted on Cerne Abbas Giant's sizeable member

Nick Merriman oversaw a controversial restructure of the UK historic site charity

It is yet to be confirmed how the three recipient institutions will collaborate on a subject of great importance to Venice and the world

Cinoa's new president hopes for a more co-ordinated approach as game-changing legislation comes into effect

Jun Yi Wong from the University of Toronto analysed broken statues of the pharaoh Hatshepsut and found that—contrary to some previous scholarship—they appear to have been damaged for “pragmatic and ritualistic reasons”

The show at Leeds’s Royal Armouries Museum also features everyday objects such as surgical equipment and souvenirs from visits to see battles at amphitheatres

One of the most famous sites in Barcelona has been given a €3.5m makeover

These unique monuments to a coastal way of life, some of them dating to the US’s colonial period, appear on the 2025 World Monuments Watch list alongside historic sites in countries experiencing war and drought

According to local news reports, emergency protocols have been enacted to safeguard cultural objects and heritage sites amid conflict with Israel

The 50,000-year-old carvings on the Burrup Peninsula include the earliest-known depictions of a human face