In many cases, the funding will be used to help prevent future damage, including public outreach and scientific research

Leader of powerful Hindu organisation has threatened nationwide protests if long-awaited ruling "goes against Hindus' faith"

A case of man bites dog: auction house turns the tables on Greek government after it was forced to withdraw the figure from New York sale in May

Using drone footage, 3D models and videos, the tech giant is working with cultural institutions to make preservation efforts accessible to a larger public

Aguttes sold the fossil to an anonymous buyer, who may name the new species, despite protests from paleontologists

Al-Ula, the most important cultural heritage site in the north-west of the kingdom, will benefit from international standards in heritage preservation and planning

Excavation tells a poignant story of an unfortunate Roman

Musée de la Romanité, dedicated to the city's Roman history, cost almost €60m to build

Ancient object—initially believed to be a toe—perfectly fits the hand of ancient bronze statue in Rome's Musei Capitolini

The dealer it was seized from knew it was stolen, a motion filed with the State’s supreme court alleges. The dealer categorically denies this

France's latest deal with the Kingdom reveals the close connection between culture and foreign affairs

We exclusively reveal the details of the plans for a “historic” collaboration

Noah Charney on how epic histories became mythical stories

The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects

Haul includes precious gold and jade artefacts, which police say may have been stolen to order

New displays draw out connections between Graeco-Roman world and ancient Middle East

The country is due to sign a massive contract with the kingdom to turn Mada’in Saleh and the Al-Ula region into a cultural tourism destination

In an online competition devoid of irony, the archaeological site threatened by destruction was a strong contender for the name of Putin’s new weapon

A 2008 amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not open a foreign nation's assets to claimants, the justices unanimously decided

Iron Age structure was targeted in campaign against Kurdish separatists

The company still owes more than 1,700 objects as part of a $3m settlement with the US government

The newly formed team, led by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos, has been cracking down on ancient art dealers and collectors

Victims of a 1997 suicide attack want to seize ancient Persian tablets from a Chicago museum to satisfy a $71m judgment in their favour

How is the antiquities trade coping with increased focus on Middle East looting and new approaches to collecting? And Rose Wylie on the pleasures and struggles of painting

University museum will highlight its archaeological expeditions in new galleries

Earliest surviving figurative sculpture, carved from mammoth tusk, is among 160 objects in Living with Gods

New York authorities tracked down the object, which was being used as a coffee table by a Manhattan couple, after a photograph appeared in a book on porphyry

After nearly 30 years at the museum, antiquities expert Carlos Picón will head dealer’s new US venture