A joint letter, published by the Society for Iranian Archaeology, condemns the “irreversible damage” to cultural sites caused by US-Israeli missile strikes

Across the world—from the United States to Canada to Australia—departments and museums within higher education are closing. This week, ancient historian Geoffrey Greatrex discusses the suspension of t...

Move condemned by scholars and activists as part of a ‘systematic’ attack on Palestinian cultural identity

In conflict and post-conflict settings, cultural heritage and memory are often weaponized as instruments of dispute and legitimization. This article critically examines this dynamic in Syria, where...

Explore mysterious 9,000-year-old Stone Age megastructures found in the Arabian Desert.

The stunning theft reveals more than a failure of security: It lays bare how austerity, neglect, and unresolved colonial legacies continue to haunt the museum.

A push to shift oversight of excavations in the territory to a civilian authority sparks worries of creeping annexation, with researchers fearing they'll bear brunt of any backlash

Those interested in the items have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements

Antiquated Policy? Rethinking Cultural Property Agreements with Foreign Governments under US Law

New import regulations in Europe are compounding an already confusing trade landscape. Plus, what are the art hot spots this summer?

Economic collapse in Palestinian territories has led to illegal digs at prominent Bronze Age site, new study finds

The idea made for a hard-to-resist story, but the claims were built on sand in more ways than one.

The authors’ reconstruction of what the blast’s impact area may have been. Source Scientific Reports will retract a controversial paper claiming to present evidence an ancient city in t…

Constructing Provenance with Old Collections: The Case of Cumberland Clark

An archaeologist from Palestine is urgently working to assess archaeological sites in the West Bank devastated by destruction and looting amid Israel’s ongoing war in the region.

Exclusive: Keir Starmer reiterates support for British Museum reaching deal with Greek PM, who visits UK on Tuesday

The bones match records for 12-year-old Delisha Africa, who was among 11 people who died when police dropped explosives on a West Philly rowhome in 1985.

Papyrologist Roberta Mazza faced intimidation and legal threats when she blew the whistle on the multimillion-pound trade in illicit papyri

A Texas Christian University professor and students probe the unsolved mysteries surrounding the 2001 thefts of dozens of artifacts.

The approximately 1,500-year-old tablet could fetch $2 million at Sotheby’s.

Israeli land grabs, settlement expansion and demolitions in Palestinian communities mark the most significant territorial changes in the West Bank in decades.

Methods and Methodologies in Heritage Studies offers succinct, easily accessible analyses of the disciplinary debates, intellectual legacies, and practical innovations that have led to understandings ...

The Museum of Looted Antiquities collects, displays and studies ancient art and artifacts that have been repatriated to their countries of origin since 1950.

Archaeology aspires to reveal the layered meanings of ancient places. Can studying contemporary urban landscapes help us better understand monuments and the power of place in the Ancient Near East?

Gush Etzion mayor hails move that will allow tourism development at Herodium site; Smotrich orders demolition of three illegal Palestinian buildings over terror shooting

The war in Gaza has resulted in catastrophic human losses. Behind the statistics lie the lives of individuals who have worked to preserve the exclave’s precious and often ignored heritage sites

Hollywood helped the institution build a world-class Asian art collection. But with scholars raising questions about the origins of some priceless works, curators are wondering how much they’ll have t...

Other people’s secrets are especially interesting. Their content hardly matters. Rather, the draw is the feeling of power that comes from knowing something that

Naming the wrongs of the past is hard, especially when the wrongs have not yet been entirely righted, but it's crucial.

After decades of plunder, museums are coming in for a reckoning. They should be thrilled.

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Archaeologist Abbas Alizadeh traveled to Iran for work. He ended up arrested, accused of espionage.