Austria finances the restoration of wooden idols chopped up by the Taliban

Christie’s follows Sotheby’s and appoints a director of restitution

Thousands of important sites could be marked with metal plaques

But the 139 works go to Dutch State, not collector’s heirs

The US-Iraqi academic has turned her attention to addressing the unauthorised excavation of archaeological sites

If a person in the UK who has a cultural item of Iraqi origin in his possession does not immediately hand that item over to a “constable”, he may now be guilty of a criminal offence and liable to imprisonment, even if he has legal title to the object

Highlights from the university's museum on show in 'Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur'

Found in the headquarters of Saddam’s secret police force in Baghdad, the cache has been transferred to Washington for conservation

"I served with all my might", said Alfonso Perez Sanchez

The cards were issued to US troops in Iraq to help them identify the enemy

London hosts the largest ever exhibition of this artist's work

The Americans did not list protection of Uruk as necessary when they handed over administration to the Netherlands

The artistic equivalent of standing in front of a tank

The most revered and disputed holy site in Israel has re-opened to non-Muslims after three years.

The monument is dedicated to the thousands killed in Srebrenica when the city fell to Bosnian Serbs in July 1995

There on an official visit to gauge the level of damage done by looting, Pietro Cordone came out of the incident unscathed, although his interpreter was killed

Knoedler's poor provenance research led to the return of a $3 million painting to Italy

British artists Andy Goldsworthy and Anish Kapoor are to design memorials

Florida International University presents a brilliantly curated tour of the First and Second World Wars

While the Warka Vase has been accounted for, reports suggest that the cylinder seal collection has vanished

Congress is expected to approve a $71.4 million payment to Unesco, the first US contribution in 18 years

Long live the united nations of the arts?

American army says it was aware of the risks, but did not protect the building as Iraqi nationals overwhelmed staff who attempted to defend the collection

Brutality and the bad, bad taste of evil

The devastation wreaked by war in pictures

Polls show the public could not care less what the art world thinks

Collectors braved the terrorist alerts and bought but at a lower level than in the past

How a historical work of art loses its past

Unesco sends out conflicting press releases