Heritage
Sex, love and gladiators: Pompeii graffiti found in corridor highlights residents’ passionate side
Scribblings analysed using state-of the art technology have brought new insight into the daily life and emotions of people who lived in the ancient city
Meet the global taskforce working to recover stolen cultural heritage
A reporter for The Art Newspaper has been on the scene with the Heritage Crime Task Force (HCTF), tracking, identifying and repatriating a wide variety of art and antiquities lost to crime and conflict
Ground Control to London: David Bowie’s childhood home to be restored by heritage charity
The Bromley cottage where the singer is thought to have written ‘Space Oddity’ will open to the public later next year
‘Once-in-a lifetime’ UK Iron Age discovery may be linked to Boudicca
The hoard, uncovered by archaeologists in Norfolk, includes rare animal-headed battle trumpet
Mexico's Maya Train expansion raises alarm over ecological and archaeological harm
Authorities plan to extend the $28bn rail project and relocate Maya structures
Mexico City's giant Modernist mosaics face uncertain future
Public murals, sculptures and reliefs from the 1950s that adorned an earthquake-damaged building are now in storage
Bright sparks: humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, research reveals
Archaeologists discovered Palaeolithic fire-making tools in a field in the east of England
Lima’s historic city centre to be restored after years of earthquake damage and abandonment
The ambitious Lima 2035 project will revitalise the Peruvian capital’s architectural heart, a Unesco World Heritage Site, for its 500th birthday
Giant holes near Stonehenge were carved out by humans 4,000 years ago, new studies reveal
Pit diggers may have been trying to connect with the underworld, archaeologist Vincent Gaffney says
Plans for Trump Tower Belgrade ‘breach multiple laws’, architects’ union claims
The Union of Architects of Serbia has shared an open letter of concern regarding the demolition of Belgrade’s Generalštab Modernist Complex
Politician demands end to Grand Egyptian Museum ticketing system that leaves locals in ‘secondary category’
The newly opened museum currently allocates a percentage of its daily ticket limit to both Egyptians and foreigners
Belgium’s famous Menin Gate memorial to host first Armistice Day ceremony since €6m restoration
The structure, once described as a “sepulchre of crime”, has undergone extensive repairs—and now has a “living roof”
National Trust rejects pressure group’s claim that its buildings are ‘under-insured’
The UK charity has responded to a resolution put forward by Restore Trust, calling for its historic properties to be protected against ‘any eventuality’
Italy condemns ‘shameful’ comments from Russia after medieval tower collapse
A Russian foreign ministry spokesperson linked the caving in of Rome’s Torre dei Conti—which led to the death of a worker—to Italy’s support for Ukraine, sparking backlash
Heritage experts call for international task force to plan Palmyra rebuild
Following a recent conference, discussions are underway to rehabilitate the ancient Syrian city, including its museum and artefacts
Netherlands will return stolen ancient statue—featured at Tefaf art fair in 2022—to Egypt
The 3,500-year-old stone head was found to have been “stolen and illegally exported from Egypt” after a rare tipoff from a member of the public
‘Proof that life goes on’: meet some of the people working to rescue—and re-energise—Ukrainian culture
As Russian attacks continue, art is being made, commissioned—and saved—by citizens and organisations
View from the top: Pompeii’s rich and powerful added grand towers to their homes, study suggests
A team has used 3D reconstructions of lost buildings to gain insight on the richness of life above ground in the ancient city
‘Hope within the ruins’: Gaza's culture workers on rebuilding after the ceasefire
As the truce between Israel and Hamas takes hold, Gazans begin to focus on reconstructing their homes and heritage
Ancient Andean hunting traps in Chile revealed by satellite imagery
The discovery indicates that the hunter-gatherer lifestyle persisted in the highlands for thousands of years longer than was previously thought
Discovery of 11,000-year-old carved face in Turkey offers new insight into early human expression
A pillar featuring detailed facial features was unearthed in Karahan Tepe near the Syrian border
Limestone relief disappears from Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis
The work, taken from the tomb of a vizier called Khentika, features a motif that is extremely rare in Ancient Egyptian art
A Sharjah site which sheds light on the first humans to leave Africa has been listed by Unesco
Comment | Cuts to UK church budgets are hastening a heritage timebomb—and placing sites of refuge at risk
Recent changes to the grant regime for listed places of worship are a UK heritage crisis in the making
The ancient city of Carthage is under attack again—and this time the enemy is climate change
Environmental damage is increasingly visible at the ruins of the former trading hub, located in modern-day Tunisia
Outrage over heritage listing of temple in Mexico tied to sex-abuse scandal
La Luz del Mundo’s flagship church in Guadalajara is a unique structure, but should architectural value (and politics) override ethical concerns?
Near Naples, an ancient town is turned contemporary art hub for roving exhibition Panorama
The fifth edition of Panorama, held this month in Pozzuoli, was organised by a consortium of Italy's leading commercial galleries and featured artists from Simone Fattal to William Kentridge
How one Swiss museum helped to evacuate thousands of Gaza artefacts ahead of an Israeli strike
Despite the Geneva Museum of Art and History’s efforts, an expert says 30% of artefacts were left behind and destroyed in the attack on Gaza’s main archaeological storage facility
The story of Stonehenge’s construction just became clearer—thanks to a cow’s tooth
New research of a molar supports the theory that cows or oxen could have moved the enormous stones from Wales to Salisbury Plain
Tens of thousands sign petition to stop loan of ‘extremely fragile’ Bayeux Tapestry to UK
The appeal references alleged warnings from textile restorers that a move could risk damaging the 1,000-year-old work’s embroidered linen fabric





























