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Police swoop on dozens of properties in Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK after a four-year probe.
The Museum of the Bible has been funding a number of scholarly projects, including an illegal excavation in the West Bank that will certainly influence how the public understands the Bible and the...
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How can Western museums reconcile respect for cultural property with hogging the world’s antiquities
The monumental scale of heritage destruction in the Middle East has spurred international efforts to protect cultural property during conflict. Why is it important and how can it be done?
Around 1,000 files have disappeared while ‘on loan’ to the government. This sort of accident is happening too often for comfort, says Siobhan Fenton
A flood of potentially stolen art objects from the Middle East is showing up on Amazon, eBay, Facebook and WhatsApp, often ensnaring unsuspecting buyers
The early-morning action, by a new activist group calling itself the Monument Removal Brigade, is the latest in a series of protests demanding the statue's removal.
It can only be a good thing that national stories so long seen as established fact are being challenged, both in the US and in Britain
A onetime site of slave sales in Fredericksburg has provoked a fierce debate. This is not a monument, it’s a piece of history – but should it be removed from view?
Admission free... When you next read those words at the entrance to one of our national museums, thank Hans Sloane (1660-1753), whose collection formed the core of the British Museum.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between archaeology and imperialism.