Heritage
Rising sea levels imperil French church that inspired the Impressionists, including Monet
Coastal erosion in Normandy means that the Saint-Valery church in Varengeville-sur-Mer may soon disappear
Historic Ukrainian monastery—sheltering hundreds of refugees—narrowly escapes destruction after Russian air strike
Cathedral building has suffered external damage as bombs land 50m away
Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found off Antarctic coast, more than a century after it sank
An expedition team has located the famed shipwreck in what has been described as a "milestone in polar history"
Milan’s ancient amphitheatre turns over a new leaf with a €1.5m garden-inspired restoration project
Novel project will replace lost parts of the structure with hedges of boxwood, myrtle and privet
Blockbuster British Museum exhibition will 'roll away' mysteries surrounding Stonehenge
Modern science and archaeological recontextualisation of the site will answer some long-looming questions, museum director Hartwig Fischer says
Venice's great women artists step into the limelight through major restoration project
New initiative by Save Venice will focus on more than 30 female artists who worked in the region between the 16th and 18th centuries, from Marietta Robusti to Rosalba Carriera
Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley will collapse in the next ten years if looting and neglect continue, former Unesco representative warns
An increase in illegal development and excavations is damaging the structural integrity of the World Heritage Site that has stood for more than 1,000 years
Aliph global protection fund raises $90m for next round of heritage projects
Donors include Saudi Arabia, which gave $30m, and private bodies
What's a Caravaggio worth if it’s on a ceiling and you may not remove it for sale? We'll soon find out
The Ludovisi Casino in Rome, with its masterpiece frescoes, is up for auction by the courts, estimate nearly half a billion euro
Delhi's heritage buildings at risk of being sold to private buyers by right-wing government
The ruling BJP has been accused by a rival party of "selling off Delhi's history" following new licensing around historic structures in the capital
Saudi Arabia-led campaign puts Arabic calligraphy on Unesco heritage list
Proposal was put forward by 16 Arabic-speaking countries
True mettle: restoring Hampton Court Palace's glorious but scarred Baroque iron screens
Reviving 17th-century Tijou screens commissioned by Protestant monarchs William and Mary means undoing decades of damage and haphazard repairs
Saudi Arabia's Desert X AlUla biennial returns for second edition next spring
In a new location in the desert complex, the exhibition will explore ideas of “mirage and oasis”
Catholic church's proposed redesign of Notre Dame interior provokes outrage
Plans to revamp the fire-ravaged cathedral with contemporary art and multilingual projections of Bible quotes have been compared to Disneyland
Magnificent Roman mosaic discovered in a farmer's field is 'UK's most exciting find of its kind in a century'
The first ever mosaic illustrating scenes from Homer’s Iliad, it would have decorated an imposing dining and entertainment space within a major villa complex
Discovery of Turkish 11,400-year-old village challenges ideas of when and why humans first settled down
Excavations at monumental site Karahan Tepe, near the Turkish-Syrian border, suggest that society was established before the dawn of agriculture
Going underground: English poet Alexander Pope’s hidden grotto to be saved
A relic of national importance, the man-made cave is all that remains of his villa and gardens—and is only accessible through a school dining hall
'We don’t know when last orders will be called at the last chance saloon': how culture is feeling the climate change heat
Guardians of world’s cultural heritage must mount the parapet and lead in the climate change battle
Bitterly contested trove of Crimean gold artefacts must return to Ukraine, not Russia, Dutch court rules
Ancient artefacts were on loan to Amsterdam museum when Crimea was annexed in 2014
Italian mayor launches underwater excavation to find third Riace bronze
Town of Riace is planning a museum, while a new investigation hopes to confirm whether there are more ancient Greek statues to be found
Jasper Johns: a radical look at a colossus of post-war American art
Plus, Venice's tourism problem and Finnish artist Outi Heiskanen
Unesco report reveals extent of Russian threat to Crimean heritage
Since the annexation in 2014, Russia has been persecuting the Tatar population and appropriating monuments
What do the bells of Notre Dame 'hear'? Artist Bill Fontana listens to the soul of Paris
The Bay Area sound artist is working on a contemporary sound installation in the fire-ravaged cathedral's bell tower
Afghanistan: the threat of the Taliban to artists and heritage
Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells
An ancient Buddhist city is perched on top of an Afghan copper reserve worth $50 billion—what will happen to it under Taliban control?
Cultural heritage workers estimate they have five years to secure the heritage site’s contents before it is destroyed to extract the ore
Louis Armstrong’s ‘second home’ in New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Ida
The Karnofsky Store, a Jewish family’s former tailor shop where the young jazz legend found early encouragement for his musical talent, has been reduced to rubble
Klee Wyck, a historic home used by Emily Carr in West Vancouver, to be demolished
The property, bequeathed to the district by a physician friend of the artist for use as an arts centre, has been neglected for decades
Afghanistan: the historical sites of key concern after the Taliban's return
From the Bamiyan Valley to an ancient spiritual centre of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, former Unesco senior official Francesco Bandarin looks at the embattled country’s most important landmarks
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pre-Raphaelite paintings go on show in his refurbished historic London theatre
Composer has funded a two-year, £60m renovation of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to turn it into a public gallery and heritage attraction
Monastery of powerful Anglo Saxon queen discovered in genteel Thames-side Berkshire village
Dig uncovers a wealth of objects, including jewellery probably worn by Queen Cynethryth, an influential female ruler likely to have been buried in the village