Britain will set up a team of “rescue archaeologists,” mirroring the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones, to salvage historic site from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, according to the Daily Mail . A group of curators from the UK will travel to Iraq, Syria, and Libya where they will work with fellow curators […]

The Paris administrative court of appeal has rejected an application seeking to overturn a decision of the Minister of Culture whereby bullfighting was removed from the French List of intangible cultural heritage. The List is compiled in accordance with France’s approval in 2006 of the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Bullfighting […]

Two curators at as yet unopened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo have been arrested for allegedly stealing two ancient artefacts and replacing them with replicas. The Egyptian Government is receiving advice from UNESCO in establishing the Museum which will be the first to be devoted to the entirety of Egyptian civilization and is […]

Custody dispute over Caravaggio painting The Telegraph reports (4th June 2015) that a dispute has arisen between two churches in Sicily over ownership of a Caravaggio, The Burial of Santa Lucia. The churches, both of which are dedicated to Santa Lucia, are located in the port town of Syracuse. While the painting has changed location […]

Further pressure is being put on the UK Government to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.  The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor has called on the UK Government to explain why it has not signed up the 1954 Convention: The Times, 5 […]