Antiquities & Archaeology

Signs point to two hidden rooms at Tutankhamun’s tomb, experts say

Archaeologists plan to use radar scanners to investigate behind the walls of the boy pharaoh’s burial chamber

Discovery leads experts to redraw map of ancient Rome

The outline of a house dating to the sixth century BC was found beneath the Palazzo Canevari on the Quirinal Hill

Tutankhamun’s mask and tomb off view to tourists from October for cleaning

Conservators to sweep the floors of the boy pharaoh’s burial chamber and remove epoxy applied to golden mask’s loose beard

Nefertiti tomb theory greeted with scepticism

Zahi Hawass questions claim that queen was buried near Tutankhamun

Drawing from an antique treasure chest: Martin Postle on the influence of antiquity

An exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum reveals the continued importance of the classical ideal

Argentina plans to return thousands of artefacts to Ecuador and Peru

Country’s president applauds “unusual” restitution but calls out international museums that display objects stolen from Latin American

Italy’s museums honour archaeologist murdered by Isil

Flags were flown at half-mast around the country and heritage experts shared their outrage

‘Very little evidence’ that Nefertiti is buried near Tutankhamun

Egypt’s leading archaeologist Zahi Hawass throws cold water on the recent theory that a hidden door in the boy king’s tomb could lead to the queen’s long-lost burial chamber

Isil beheads archaeologist in Palmyra

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

Isil holds heritage to ransom to fund fighters, US expert warns

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

Islamic State destroys ancient tombs at Palmyra

First confirmed damage by extremist group to historic site in Syria

Terrorists attack ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor

Suicide bomber among those killed after failed assault outside popular tourist site

Updated emergency ‘Red List’ of Iraq antiquities at risk released

New publication includes cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, Assyrian reliefs and coins

Iraq’s ancient holy sites lost forever

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

Pompeii in a fix despite cash boost

Funds for Great Pompeii Project could be withdrawn as lack of staff and red tape stifle efforts to save site

Scholars rush to save a 5,000 year-old archaeological site

A new film looks at Mes Aynak, an archaeological treasure that may soon be buried

Islamic State seizes control of Palmyra

Syrian government forces withdraw leaving archaeological site under serious threat

Cleveland Museum of Art returns Hanuman sculpture to Cambodia

Statue of the Hindu monkey-god was looted ‘in all likelihood’

French collectors hand back gold to China they had given to Musée Guimet

Concerns raised after François Pinault returns looted artefacts as diplomatic gesture

Museums in Europe and US draw up rescue plans for ravaged sites in Iraq

France takes the lead as calls grow for co-ordinated response after attacks by fanatics on Assyrian royal cities

Islamic State brings in bulldozers and explosives to reduce Nimrud to rubble

Assault on the seat of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II could be the worst case of deliberate destruction of an archaeological site in living memory

Historian of Indian art named next Mellon Lecturer

Vidya Dehejia is the 65th speaker in the distinguished series

Archaeologists redraw the path of the Great Wall

Ruins found in the far north of China are believed to be a section of the ancient fortification

Florida archaeologists launch legal fight against US Department of Transportation

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Islamic State video shows blowing up of Ashurnasirpal’s palace

This would be the greatest cultural loss since the Second World War