Tag: Museums
Turkey wages ‘cultural war’ in pursuit of its archaeological treasures
Ankara accused of blackmailing museums into returning artefacts while allowing excavation sites to be destroyed
Rebirth of the Viking warship that may have helped Canute conquer the seas
11th-century troop-carrier Roskilde 6 emerges from the depths of history and heads for British Museum
Staffordshire hoard site yields further 90 fragments
More gold and silver, including a gold and garnet cross, an eagle-shaped mount, and what could be a helmet cheek piece, have been churned up by ploughing in Staffordshire in the same field which three years ago yielded one of the most spectacular Anglo Saxon hauls.
Grim exhibition shows role of grave robbers in medical science
Museum of London exhibition opens this week with findings uncovered from the London Hospital's burial ground
British Museum uses its loaf as Pompeii exhibits come to town
Remains of family and dog 'frozen in time' among items surviving Vesuvius eruption to be displayed in spring
Roman Sword and Scarbard And Inscribed Menorah Found Intact In Drain
Archaeological works on an ancient drainage channel by the Israel Antiques Authority have made remarkable discoveries that reveals new information about the destruction of the Second Temple.