3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (258+ words) The seizure, part of a larger antiquities smuggling investigation, is among the largest in the agency’s history. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Tampa, in coordination with HSI's Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities division and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (145+ words) The exhibition gives visitors access to ancient.Syrian artefacts brought back afters years abroad. Syria is exhibiting historic artifacts returned from France at the Damascus Citadel, giving visitors an opportunity to see the objects after years outside the country. The…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (224+ words) Spanish Police Recover a 16th-Century Virgin Relief Stolen 16 Years Ago ArtDependence - Spanish Police Recover a 16th-Century Virgin Relief Stolen 16 Years Ago A 16th-century wooden relief stolen from the Monasterio de Santa Clara in Fitero has been recovered by police. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (444+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and intricate polychrome mosaic within the remains of a Roman villa sitting beneath Devon farmland. Consisting of thousands of red, white and dark blue/grey cubes, the 12m2 mosaic would have been a striking decorative floor…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (245+ words) Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered three tombs dating to the New Kingdom period in Saqqara, revealing inscriptions and artifacts that offer new insights into the lives of senior officials and Egypt’s links with the ancient Near East. The discovery was made…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (207+ words) A Dutch archaeological mission from Leiden University has discovered a tomb belonging to a person named “Paser” on Luxor’s West Bank, which likely dates back to the Ramesside period. Mohamed Abdel Badie, Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (228+ words) Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of 59 antiquities totaling more than $600,000 to Italy, Iraq and Indonesia. “This return of nearly 60 pieces to countries around the globe represent the breadth of our investigative work, and I thank our…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (208+ words) A temporary export bar has been placed on two prehistoric handaxes representing some of the oldest human settlements in Britain. Both flint handaxes were discovered on the Happisburgh shoreline in Norfolk. Their discoveries followed the unexpected consequences of storms in…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (177+ words) Greece handed over to Egyptian authorities a group of terracotta statuettes believed to come from Egypt that were discovered in an Athens skip eight years ago and handed over to archaeologists at the country’s biggest museum. The Culture Ministry said…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (323+ words) A new archaeological discovery in Egypt is offering fresh insights into the evolution of funerary architecture in ancient Egypt, following the unearthing of two Early Dynastic tombs. Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy described the find as a significant…...