Hannah McGivern

Backlash over claim that Egyptian geese were cooked up in 1800s

Museum director and former antiquities minister refute Italian archaeologist’s theory

Pompeian frescoes cured with antibiotics

Bacteria removed from Villa of the Mysteries frieze during restoration

Kenya and Costa Rica pull out of Venice Biennale

<p> Two national pavilions have been withdrawn from the international exhibition, which is due to open to VIPs in less than a week </p>

Strikes resume at London's National Gallery

Artist Ryan Gander among supporters of union protesting against museum’s plans to outsource visitor-facing and security jobs

Masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art could be a modern forgery

The “Meidum Geese” in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum may have been painted by a 19th-century curator

Vatican begins final work on Raphael rooms

The work may make it possible to identify which parts of the frescoes were painted by Giulio Romano, Raphael’s most trusted apprentice

What if Italy sold this 5,000-piece hoard of orphan antiquities?

Experts say the haul, the result of a 14-year investigation, could raise as much as €15m for the country’s cash-strapped archaeological service

Reims repairs its war damage, a century on

Restoration of the cathedral is due to be completed in 2015

15 years of Margulies' Miami Warehouse

The educational mission of Martin Margulies’s collection is as strong as ever

The Rubells: 50 years and looking to the future

The collectors celebrate their wedding anniversary with a new exhibition