Priest resigns after outrage over appointment to run World Heritage Site

Bombing, reported yesterday, may have happened a month ago

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

British archaeologist discovers evidence of hidden passages in pharaoh’s chamber

Sufi-inspired exhibition aims to rescue Islam from the extremists

Ancient sites were targeted by extremist groups

Terrorist group functions as a modern racketeering operation through sale of plundered cultural objects

Report praises most of the first 100 projects to be completed, but the days of enormous largesse are gone

Opposition from heritage groups changes the embattled foundation’s plans

Book trade calls for self-policing as library thefts are growing problem

First confirmed damage by extremist group to historic site in Syria

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

Museums and the trade want to put an end to the Catch-22 situation with Medici and Becchina

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

The country’s monasteries and mosques have no place in the Caliphate

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Funds for Great Pompeii Project could be withdrawn as lack of staff and red tape stifle efforts to save site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

Destruction of artefacts in Syria and Iraq is a pressing issue but UK remains only major power not to ratify international law

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