ReviewBooks
The magical and divine in ancient stones revealed in a game-changing new book
A revolutionary study based on Enlightenment theories explains what coloured marbles meant, from Egypt to the 17th century
ReviewBritish Museum
The Big Review: Troy at the British Museum
With an impressive range of objects, this show evokes the eternal power of the greatest stories ever told
PreviewExhibitions
Troy meets world: London show reconciles myth and reality of ancient city
British Museum exhibition will display work inspired by epic stories alongside artefacts from 19th-century archaeological excavations
InterviewUK politics
'A democratic vote swayed by lies is not democracy'—Mary Beard on what antiquity can teach us about political spin
The recipient of the 2019 J. Paul Getty Medal discusses how understanding Cicero can help decipher the rise of populism
PreviewExhibitions
Ashmolean Museum show unearths doomed Pompeii's culinary life
The exhibition in Oxford, which contains loans that have never before left Italy, includes a (possible) Roman version of a chamber pot
ArchiveArt & Technology
Hollywood technology used to examine new Herculaneum find
Researchers see future applications for this cross-over science
ArchiveRestitution
Antiquities dealer Jerome Eisenberg returns Roman and Etruscan artefacts to Italy
The works had been illegally exported or excavated
ArchiveParthenon
Official opening of New Acropolis Museum to feature partially recreated Parthenon frieze
The New Acropolis Museum
ArchiveParthenon
Greece's share of Parthenon marbles to be transported to New Acropolis Museum using series of cranes
After it was determined that other means of removal might pose risk to the sculptures, being lifted by air appeared the safest option
ArchiveAntiquities & Archaeology
Greece's Archaeological Museum of Heraklion to send Minoan antiquities to British Museum
The arrangement may be the first step in diffusing the animosity brought about by the Elgin marbles, although a request for their return is expected
ArchiveRestitution
Italy gets antiquities back from Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The museum bought in good faith, but was shown evidence that they had left Italy illicitly
ArchiveRestitution
Getty antiquities to be returned to Italy
A joint statement by the Getty and Italian government says 21 pieces will go back
ArchiveRestitution
Turkey claims stele in British Museum
Despite a lack of evidence suggesting that the basalt stele was excavated illegally, the Turkish government are making a bid to regain the artefact
ArchiveAuction houses
Louvre makes an unexpected splash at Boisgirard auctions with E2.8 million purchase of Ancient Greek horse head
The piece could be a precursor of the Parthenon sculptures
ArchiveParthenon
The British Museum dismisses Parthenon Marbles loan rumours, although they are willing to make alternative concessions to Greece
Athens are still hopeful that the marbles will be returned, to be be housed in the currently unfinished New Acropolis Museum
ArchiveExhibitions
One of the oldest and largest collections of classical antiquities in the US is now on view in a new installation
Worlds intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans
ArchiveGreek vases
Recent publications by Richard T. Neer, Barbara Barletta and Mary Beard delve into Classical antiquity
The Art Newspaper reviews contemporary scholarship on vase-painting, architectural orders and The Parthenon
ArchiveRestitution
Warning from Greek Culture Minister: give back the Parthenon Marbles—or your reputation suffers
The Acropolis museum is under construction, and the design for the permanent exhibition is in preparation
ArchiveRestitution
A short history of the Parthenon Marbles: Why restitution is not always the answer
A look at what happened to the sculptures from early Christian times to the 21st century, and the damage to those remaining after Lord Elgin bought the majority of them
ArchiveParthenon
No solution for Parthenon conundrum as British Museum unpersuaded by arguments for restitution of architectural components
The reconstruction of the Acropolis requires the capital and drum back from Britain to be completed, whilst the rightful custody of the marbles is still in question
ArchiveArt market
The Art Newspaper has selected ten pieces which have appeared on the art market over the past 10 years in this sales report
The supply of great art is slowing, but wonderful things still appear on the market
ArchiveArt Basel
Classical antiquities fare better than decorative arts and paintings: Cultura Basel 2000
Cultura Basel ’00 fair report
ArchiveLetters
Letter: Nero is the subject of the Warren Cup
One of the British Museum's finest treasures may depict a notoriously licentious Roman emperor
ArchiveGetty Museum
Getty returns three stolen works to Italy
Curator voluntarily collaborates with Italy in accordance with museum’s policy
ArchiveParthenon sculptures
Historian William St Clair's account of Parthenon marbles malpractice at British Museum revives lobby calling for their return
Greeks renew demands for return of sculptures following new allegations that they were irreparably damaged in the Thirties
ArchiveParthenon
New site must be identified for Parthenon, as authorities deem its days on the Acropolis numbered
High levels of pollution in the area are diminishing the marble
ArchiveAncient Greece
New evidence shows painted Greek pottery would have been found in Poundland rather than at Plato's dinner table
Greek vases were incredibly cheap at the time, despite taking pride of place in our museums
ArchiveNews
The Uffizi’s “Wounded warrior” is a Greek original
It was previously believed that the statue was a copy
ArchiveWarburg Institute
Warburg digitises census of art available to Renaissance audiences
Access Apollo Belvedere and friends on computer now
ArchiveAntiquities & Archaeology
Excavations explore how far beyond the ramparts the Trojan War was fought
Excavations suggest that the ten-year war was fought some distance away from Priam's rock