The local driver was arrested on antiquities smuggling charges last week and has been released on bail

Ruins of merchant ship includes rare bronze items in ‘an amazing state of preservation’

Interior minister says art and antiquities crime is ‘not considered a priority’

Bill aimed at ending Islamic State’s rampant looting of archaeological sites is passed in unanimous vote

But worn-down inscription could prove difficult to decipher

The Onassis Cultural Center is hosting a major loan exhibition of objects from the archaeological site of Dion

New scientific research department to focus on organic artefacts, ancient human health and diet, and early technologies and materials

Radar scans reveal metallic and organic objects that might be preserved grave goods—perhaps even the secret burial chambers of Queen Nefertiti

Ruins of an ancient tavern excavated in France reveal Romans enjoyed a drink and some pub grub like the rest of us

Supporters will be invited to participate in uncovering a rare burial mound in northwest England this summer

Experts at London symposium warn against misinformation and lack of evidence

Online volunteers uncover shopping lists, hangover cures and a match-fixing agreement among Oxyrhynchus papyri fragments

Ancient artefacts and colonial-era art repatriated from Argentina and Spain

Objects widely thought to be connected to Robin Symes will be unveiled in Rome this week

Local tourist minister has proposed auctioning tickets to the heritage site to help raise funds

Move could allow cultural heritage experts to set up Blue Shield headquarters in London

Antiquities authority hails December ruling as revolutionary

Louvre director’s plan calls for co-ordinated response to destruction in Syria and Iraq

California museums caught up in the ring were raided by federal agents in 2008

With the country in “chaos” because of civil war, museum council warns officials, institutions and the art trade of the kinds of objects that could be looted

Pro-Isil fighters temporarily occupied Sabratha

Next year’s show will focus on recent discoveries at the mouth of the Nile

New framework stresses return principle but some fear that traffickers in illicit objects could abuse it

Federal investigators have seized more than 200 cuneiform tablets imported from Israel by the Green family

An international team of experts will map monuments in Giza and Dahshur using lasers, drones, subatomic particles and infrared technology

Complexity of Syrian war and rise of Isil underpin muted response to ongoing destruction of ancient site