Heritage
Cambodia urges UK museums to investigate and return looted treasures allegedly handled by dealer Douglas Latchford
British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum now under scrutiny of Cambodian government
Saving Ukraine’s heritage: an eyewitness account of relief efforts
Plus, the Cezanne blockbuster at The Art Institute of Chicago and Nicola L.’s Gold Femme Commode at Alison Jacques
Book investigates why so many Irish country houses were subject to devastating arson attacks in the 1920s
While the early part of this publication is dry, once the fires start the narrative heats up
Iron Age rock art depicting ancient Gods discovered beneath Turkish home
The ancient inscriptions were in a hidden tunnel complex found by looters before archaeologists carried out a rescue mission
Abdulamir Al-Hamdani, the revered archaeologist and former Iraqi culture minister, has died, aged 55
Hamdani, who served as Iraq’s culture minister from 2018 to 2020, played a vital role in rescuing, restoring and cataloguing the country’s ancient heritage
Reports say Putin is deliberately targeting Ukrainian heritage—but is that true?
Amid Russia’s savagery we must maintain a clear ethical stance when intervening to protect culture
Taliban orders coal traders to leave Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley—but its residents say this is an empty promise
Since August 2021, illegal excavations and rapid development have destroyed much of the landscape surrounding the at-risk Buddhist heritage site
The war in Ukraine: how often must history repeat itself?
Russian repression of the Ukrainian state has always been met with great resistance—this time is no different, says Maria Shust is the director of the Ukrainian Museum in New York
Despite €94m discount, Rome villa with Caravaggio's only ceiling painting fails to sell at auction—again
Slashing Ludovisi Casino's asking price by 20% did nothing to entice would-be buyers; the Italian state is being pressured to purchase the property before it is offered a third time
Unesco under pressure to pull world heritage meeting from Russia
UK culture minister, Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra call for the June event to be relocated following Russian invasion of Ukraine
Babylon is coming back to life, with its famed Ishtar Gate to be restored by this summer
A new World Monuments Fund project in conjunction with the US embassy in Baghdad aims to repair Iraqi cultural heritage as part of the Future of Babylon project
Rising sea levels imperil French church that inspired the Impressionists, including Monet
Coastal erosion in Normandy means that the Saint-Valery church in Varengeville-sur-Mer may soon disappear
Historic Ukrainian monastery—sheltering hundreds of refugees—narrowly escapes destruction after Russian air strike
Cathedral building has suffered external damage as bombs land 50m away
Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found off Antarctic coast, more than a century after it sank
An expedition team has located the famed shipwreck in what has been described as a "milestone in polar history"
Milan’s ancient amphitheatre turns over a new leaf with a €1.5m garden-inspired restoration project
Novel project will replace lost parts of the structure with hedges of boxwood, myrtle and privet
Blockbuster British Museum exhibition will 'roll away' mysteries surrounding Stonehenge
Modern science and archaeological recontextualisation of the site will answer some long-looming questions, museum director Hartwig Fischer says
Venice's great women artists step into the limelight through major restoration project
New initiative by Save Venice will focus on more than 30 female artists who worked in the region between the 16th and 18th centuries, from Marietta Robusti to Rosalba Carriera
Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley will collapse in the next ten years if looting and neglect continue, former Unesco representative warns
An increase in illegal development and excavations is damaging the structural integrity of the World Heritage Site that has stood for more than 1,000 years
Aliph global protection fund raises $90m for next round of heritage projects
Donors include Saudi Arabia, which gave $30m, and private bodies
What's a Caravaggio worth if it’s on a ceiling and you may not remove it for sale? We'll soon find out
The Ludovisi Casino in Rome, with its masterpiece frescoes, is up for auction by the courts, estimate nearly half a billion euro
Delhi's heritage buildings at risk of being sold to private buyers by right-wing government
The ruling BJP has been accused by a rival party of "selling off Delhi's history" following new licensing around historic structures in the capital
Saudi Arabia-led campaign puts Arabic calligraphy on Unesco heritage list
Proposal was put forward by 16 Arabic-speaking countries
True mettle: restoring Hampton Court Palace's glorious but scarred Baroque iron screens
Reviving 17th-century Tijou screens commissioned by Protestant monarchs William and Mary means undoing decades of damage and haphazard repairs
Saudi Arabia's Desert X AlUla biennial returns for second edition next spring
In a new location in the desert complex, the exhibition will explore ideas of “mirage and oasis”
Catholic church's proposed redesign of Notre Dame interior provokes outrage
Plans to revamp the fire-ravaged cathedral with contemporary art and multilingual projections of Bible quotes have been compared to Disneyland
Magnificent Roman mosaic discovered in a farmer's field is 'UK's most exciting find of its kind in a century'
The first ever mosaic illustrating scenes from Homer’s Iliad, it would have decorated an imposing dining and entertainment space within a major villa complex
Discovery of Turkish 11,400-year-old village challenges ideas of when and why humans first settled down
Excavations at monumental site Karahan Tepe, near the Turkish-Syrian border, suggest that society was established before the dawn of agriculture
Going underground: English poet Alexander Pope’s hidden grotto to be saved
A relic of national importance, the man-made cave is all that remains of his villa and gardens—and is only accessible through a school dining hall
'We don’t know when last orders will be called at the last chance saloon': how culture is feeling the climate change heat
Guardians of world’s cultural heritage must mount the parapet and lead in the climate change battle
Bitterly contested trove of Crimean gold artefacts must return to Ukraine, not Russia, Dutch court rules
Ancient artefacts were on loan to Amsterdam museum when Crimea was annexed in 2014