Head of excavation project describes the discovery of the mummy, which was bound with rope, as ‘peculiar and unique’.
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Afghan pavilion in Dubai was empty due to the Afghan political crisis before a private collector was asked to step in.
Heritage activists try to bring home some of the thousands of items whisked out over decades from the Himalayan country.
Fault Lines on the consequences of a century-long US policy designed to dispossess Indigenous children of their culture.
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The President of Rwanda discusses his country’s evolution since the 1994 genocide.
Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin, who paid a record $43m for the Constitution copy, said he will loan it to a public museum.
Ebou Janha, 102, is the only surviving veteran of a regiment of Gambian soldiers who fought for the British in Burma.
The copy is so like da Vinci’s original it is likely the artist had access to Leonardo’s version, Artcurial said.
Guatemalan official hopes the return of these objects might lead other private collectors to ‘follow the same path’.
Two heroic women battle to hold manufacturers to account and end the use of highly toxic ‘Agent Orange’ today.
Archaeologists in the kingdom are working to excavate the remnants of the ancient cities of Dadan and Lihyan in Al-Ula.
Institutions in the UK and France return artefacts to Nigeria and Benin following years-long campaigns.
One of the world’s largest mosaic panels, located in the occupied West Bank, has gone on display.
Tens of thousands of antiquities were allegedly smuggled into US by dealer Subhash Kapoor, who has denied the charges.