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Museum agrees to care for stelae dating from second half of first millennium BC until it is safe to return themThe V&A is to look after four ancient carved funerary stones that were found by police in a shop in east London in a historic agreement w…
Memorial by Ben Twiston-Davies is sited in Wallingford, where the mystery writer lived for more than 40 yearsA life-sized bronze statue of Agatha Christie has been unveiled in the Oxfordshire town of Wallingford, near where the detective novelist resid…
Historic England lists 12 buildings in recognition of town’s role in recycling yarn from all over worldIt’s a Yorkshire town perhaps best known for its big market or as the birthplace of Betty Boothroyd but a national heritage body is now adding a more…
Worcester Art Museum says bust, bought in 1966 but probably stolen and improperly imported from Turkey, to be returnedAn ancient Roman bust has been seized from a Massachusetts art museum as part of an investigation into antiquities stolen from Turkey….
Committee votes to reject plans saying benefits would not outweigh harm caused by increased trafficPlanners have rejected a proposal for an underground zip – wire attraction in the Lake District, which an international heritage body had condemned and l…
Arts minister keen for project celebrating links between notable figures and where they lived to be rolled out across EnglandThe official blue plaques scheme could be extended outside of London to honour notable figures and their connections to buildin…
The monument dates to between 4000 and 3000BC and is thought to be the only complete example in BritainBelow the rolling heath on the Isle of Arran’s south-west coast, overlooked by harriers and the occasional peregrine, a monument to ancient ceremony …
Local archaeologists dedicate their lives to protect priceless artefacts from smugglers, Hamas and Israeli attacks in a land at history’s crossroadsThere is considerable debate over the origin of the name Gaza. Some etymologists trace it back to azaz, …
Warrant issued in investigation into smuggling of antiquities looted from Turkey and trafficked through USA headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius has been seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art by …
Exhibition at museum’s new site will focus on Thomas Dagger and other ordinary Londoners caught up in 1666 infernoThe Great Fire of London, as so many schoolchildren learn, began in a bakery in Pudding Lane and prompted Samuel Pepys to bury his cheese …