Huge Antiquities Traffic Bust Linked To Louvre, NYC Met
A huge antiquities trafficking network worth millions with links to the Met in New York and involving a former Louvre curator as well as a top auction house has been…
A huge antiquities trafficking network worth millions with links to the Met in New York and involving a former Louvre curator as well as a top auction house has been…
Iconic tourist destination Machu Picchu will remain closed for the whole of July because of delays in setting up safety measures and because locals fear an influx of visitors could…
This statue of the Virgin Mary with a baby Jesus which is believed to be over 800 years old has been pulled from a Spanish river after it was spotted…
Archaeologists have found this 2,000-year-old map carved into a stone - and it is believed to have been used to pass on information about the land to future generations by…
This is the moment a pot of 1,000-year-old Chinese coins is unearthed by roadworks nearly two decades after a similar discovery was made just 300 feet away. The trove of…
Argentine palaeontologists have identified this tiny bone from a frog which lived 2 million years ago after a family found it when digging a well - and experts say it…
These images show the large stockpile of margarine sent by the US as part of the Marshall Plan after World War II has been found in the roof of an…
Archaeologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur which represents the 'missing link' between the evolution of the velociraptor into birds 90 million years ago. The new species called ‘Overoraptor…
These fossilised giant ‘chicken feet’ belonged to a Jurassic-era dinosaur in the same family as the infamous T-Rex and lived 190 million years ago, Chinese palaeontologists have now confirmed. The…
Greece has again called on the UK to return the disputed Elgin Marbles ahead of the Acropolis Museum’s 11th anniversary. The Elgin Marbles, otherwise known as the Parthenon Marbles, are…