Experts say Palestinian heritage is at risk as ministry makes money from buildings seized from refugees

Authorities at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing tried to block the copy from being built

Aby Rosen’s controversial plans to bring the 1958 restaurant “back to its original glory” met with opposition from architects and preservationists

Unesco chief condemns attacks, urges all side to keep heritage out of the conflict

What you can do despite too many cruise ships, rising sea level and with no one in charge

Treatment of emperor’s statue may resolve conflicting accounts of its history

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

Bacteria removed from Villa of the Mysteries frieze during restoration

Visitors can see the architect’s newly restored living quarters for the first time in 160 years

Thinning the painting’s varnish reveals La Belle Ferronnière's fine features, but French experts unable to confirm her identity

Restored with passion by Desmond FitzGerald, co-founder of the Irish Georgian society, it is on the market at €6.5m, contents extra

"Feat in forensics” finally establishes correct sequence of artist's private album

Winners of Europa Nostra prize include Stonehenge visitor centre and virtual museum of St Mark's in Venice

Following vandalism at Mosul museum and Nergal Gate, Iraqi government says IS has destroyed ancient sites at Nimrud, Hatra and Khorsabad

The sculpture was famously attacked by Parliamentarians shortly after the outbreak of the English Civil War

A Spanish grandmother’s handiwork recently made headlines, but Ajax and rainstorms have contributed to other botched treatments by amateurs

Major installations in the American West by artists such as Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer could soon disappear