Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

Josep Renau's vast memorial in Halle-Neustadt is one of the most important surviving public works of art produced in communist East Germany

Conservation works on an ancient burial site at Shewaki near Kabul had to be halted due to lack of funding and resources

We explore the Tate Modern exhibition. Plus, the Whitney's Jaune Quick-to-See Smith retrospective and a reconstructed Roman gateway in England

Following a bitter inheritance dispute, Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi has been court-ordered to leave the historic property, while valuable artworks and documents are to be removed or destroyed

A new Unesco initiative will provide much-needed local employment in the vulnerable heritage site

The Richborough fort in Kent, the base for the Roman invasion of Britain in 43AD, reopens to the public

Italian officials have approved draft bill to bring in tougher sanctions for protestors who target heritage

Taliban government has backed a new conservation project led by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Aliph

Book "Monumental Lies" is a searching exploration of the truths and untruths embodied in contested heritage

The €35m development will include a new train station adjacent to the Pompeii archaeological site

Apsara Iyer says looting of Indian temples was a "wake-up call" to understanding how cultural heritage and crime intersect

With first leg of controversial $20bn Maya Train project set to begin operation, authorities have stepped up excavation and development of archaeological destinations

The National Roman Museum's director Stéphane Verger shares the radical new plans that will revamp four landmark museum and heritage sites in Italy

As country is mired in economic and political turmoil, major upgrading project forges ahead with restoration of important sites at the ancient heart of Lahore

Icom and Aliph’s $250,000 project is providing training and security measures for 22 museums in countries ravaged by war

Many archaeological landmarks and religious sites in the region have been heavily damaged or destroyed

Works will be restored and opened to the public to mark 900th anniversary of the St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Plus, Alice Neel's largest UK show and a dazzling turn-of-the-century blanket

Both British queens owned the same prayerbook, curators at Hever Castle in England have found

Around 55 messages composed by the monarch reveal her condition under captivity and negotiations for her release

Attack by far-right supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro has left some works of art beyond repair

Gaziantep Castle has been heavily damaged by quakes that have killed more than 1,000 people

New invisible technology is being used to generate electricity at the archaeological site—and will also be used for other historic buildings in Italy, Portugal and Croatia

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes the project which tells ‘the story of ancient Britain’

The decision "recognises the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of all humanity to protect it", the UN cultural organisation states

The 60 objects included some that had been on display at the Metropolitan Museum and several that had been bought by billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt

Existing plans to redevelop the gallery’s Sainsbury Wing, which will transform its entrance, demonstrate how newer listed buildings are treated with less respect than older heritage sites

Art historian and curator Konstantin Akinsha asserts that Russian attempts to claim succession from the ancient Scythians date back to the 18th century