Heritage
Groups in Guatemala demand return of Maya throne sent to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guatemalan law prohibits the export of such artefacts for exhibition, local culture organisations say
Vast Pompeii residence unveiled with panel depicting a giant penis
Newly-refurbished home belonged to former slaves who made their wealth in the wine business
US considers rejoining Unesco despite more than $616m membership debt and Israel-Palestine controversies
America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state
'Lost in limbo': Taliban’s application for Unesco protection of historic Kabul garden still unanswered after a year
United Nations culture organisation has not acknowledged the January 2022 request to add Afghanistan's Bagh-e Babur to the World Heritage List
Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later
Analysis of 16th-century, hand-drawn maps finds that the reds pigments were only available from the late 19th century
US government returns looted sarcophagus to Egypt
A trafficked coffin that may have belonged to an ancient priest has been returned
Revelations in Cambodia looting scandal name ‘scholar’ at Denver Art Museum as accomplice to disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford
Researcher Emma Bunker aided the notorious looter in sourcing and selling Southeast Asian antiquities
Defying gravity—Leaning Tower of Pisa leans like in the early 19th century
Expert stabilisation plan means the Italian landmark has continued to straighten itself
Museums and heritage in 2022: industrial unrest, climate protests and damage to historic artefacts in Ukraine
New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany
Heritage protection foundation Aliph expands with office in Saudi Arabia
The Geneva-based International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas is to open a second office in 2023 in Riyadh
The archaeological discovery of the century? What the San Casciano bronzes tell us about Roman and Etruscan life
The deposit of perfectly preserved statues in the heart of Tuscany reveals six centuries of cultural and political evolution
How the war in Ukraine reveals the heightened politics of Unesco
Boycotted Russia resigned as chair of the World Heritage Committee last month
First major dig in ancient Iraqi city since Isis destruction unearths ‘significant’ palace door sill
The artefact survived both Nimrud's decimation in 2016 and the fall of the Assyrian empire in the 7th century
Kabul culture project in limbo as Germany withdraws funding
The German government has pulled out from the Kabul Riverfront Transformation project, which was to modernise parts of the city's historic centre and install an art gallery
Looted antiquities returned to Turkey and Italy were seized from New York home of Met trustee Shelby White
An ongoing investigation into White's collection expects to see more objects repatriated in the future
Unpredictable art critic vs hard right minister: Italy’s senior politicians clash over cultural policy
Issues such as free museums and safeguarding heritage are splitting the opinions of two officials in the Brothers of Italy party which swept to power in September
In pictures: journey back in time through the Everglades
An exhibition in Miami of historic photographs marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of Florida’s famous Everglades National Park
Venice erects glass barriers around St Mark’s basilica to fight flooding
The decision to keep the Venetian lagoon's barriers open and allow more ships into the port had left the church without protection and vulnerable to water
Should the world resume co-operating with the Taliban on protecting Afghanistan's heritage?
Conservation projects that have been paused due to sanctions on the new government may restart after Unesco intervention
‘Cultural erasure’ in the Caucasus: new satellite imagery shows ongoing destruction of Armenian heritage sites
Images show disappearance of churches and cemeteries in the Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhchivan regions at the centre of the largely ignored conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Home of Henry Ossawa Tanner—one of the first internationally renowned African American artists—faces demolition
A local grassroots group has begun a fundraising campaign to save a piece of local Black history in North Philadelphia
Former Nottingham Castle chief executive calls for independent investigation as UK heritage site closes to public
Nottinghamshire site central to the Robin Hood legend received £33m in public funding less than a year ago, but is now facing liquidation after being rocked by a series of internal misconduct allegations
Notre Dame's fresh interior—cleaned with controversial latex paste—will deliver a 'shock', restoration chief promises
Conservationists raise concerns that by cleaning the Paris cathedral's fire-damaged interior stonework it will become "artificially bright"
With the threat of cuts, unions get militant in UK museums—and their membership is growing rapidly
Workers are increasingly turning to collective bargaining, industrial action and representation by trade unions
Historic London foundry that made Big Ben's bells could be saved from hotel development
The digital heritage preservation company Factum Foundation and conservation group Re-Form Heritage plan to buy the site and hold it in perpetuity as a working foundry
Third of UK archaeologists in financial crisis, report finds
Survey by British Archaeological Jobs Resource says the average net income within the field is £21,820
Artemisia Gentileschi's nude for Michelangelo's museum was censored—a new restoration project will reveal the original work
"Artemisia UpClose" project at Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy, will use state-of-the-art technology to show the original painting
'A discovery that will rewrite history': 24 exceptionally well preserved bronzes unearthed by archaeologists in Tuscany
The artefacts, found at ancient Roman baths, are among the most “significant bronzes ever produced in the history of the ancient Mediterranean”
'In 100 years, all these antiquities will be gone': as Cop27 opens in Egypt, climate crisis is still taboo subject at art and heritage institutions
As the latest UN Climate Change Conference opens in Egypt, art institutions have yet to take the climate lessons to heart
Qatari sheikh’s rare ivory mask, stolen from Benin City by the British, is one of five on public display—none in Nigeria
The 16th-century mask was withdrawn from sale at Sotheby’s over a decade ago amid escalating calls for restitution