Palmyra archaeologist killed by Isis militants
Khaled al-Asaad served as director of antiquities of Palmyra for 40 years
Khaled al-Asaad served as director of antiquities of Palmyra for 40 years
A rare funerary bust is accompanied by 19th-century photographs from the site
There's been global concern over the fate of Palmyra after ISIS seized the site. Why are its ancient ruins so significant?
A new regulation on the import of cultural goods into the EU is likely to have unintended consequences for dealers
The scholar’s meticulously preserved apartment in Rome testifies to his passion for all things 19th century, and to how he treated collecting as a form of memoir
Robert Bevan’s call to require a lot less from our public monuments has much to recommend it
Richard and Isabel Burton are buried in a quiet churchyard in south London – but their remarkable tomb is a fitting monument to these insatiable travellers
An exhibition about cultural destruction in modern conflicts can’t help but remind us of earlier wars
The Met shows how much cities between Rome and Parthia had in common – and how devastating recent archaeological losses are
The museum, which reopened in October after six years, stands as a symbol of the country’s hopes for recovery
Art news daily: 29 October
The museum’s collection of more than a million artefacts is being redisplayed in a major refurbishment
Our daily round-up of news from the art world ISIS blamed for destruction of Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri mosque | The al-Nuri mosque, parts of which date back to the 12th century, has been destroyed in the battle for Mosul. Iraqi commanders claim that ISIS blew up the mosque deliberately as US-backed forces advanced on the […]
Art UK, which last year launched a digital catalogue of every oil painting in public ownership, has embarked on an equivalent project for sculpture
It's been besieged, abandoned, and used as a training ground for terrorists - but the ancient city of Hatra still stands in the Iraqi desert
Rather than seeing replicas as knock-offs, we should think of them like maps or models
Art News Daily : 20 January
Art News Daily : 19 January
Art News Daily : 5 December
A new facsimile of the Lascaux cave is about to open, but are digital reproductions of cultural sites merely tourist attractions or will they save our fragile heritage?