The Great London [01/05/17

  • Great Legacy: Section of Tuthmosis column returned to Egypt

    In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Egypt's embassy in London, the Ministry of Antiquities succeeded to recover a piece of a column that was stolen and illegally smuggled out of the country many years ago.The recovered piece [Credit: Ahram Online]Ali Ahmed, head of the Antiquities Repatriation Department, tol…

  • Natural Heritage: Ancient Chinese archives track decline of rare apes

    Scientists at the international conservation charity Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have used historical records from China stretching back over 400 years to track changes in the distribution of gibbons, which today are some of China's most threatened species. This is one of the first instances of using ancient historical reco…

  1. Walk the ruins of Machu Picchu on Google Street View
  2. Xinjiang Khotanese Buddhist wall paintings displayed in Shanghai
  3. Making heads or tails of Ancient Greece
  4. Johns Hopkins opens new museum housing archaeological collection
  5. American history museum sells more than 2,000 items, reviving ethics debate