Law & Politics In a Precedent-Setting Move, the Supreme Court Denies Jewish Heirs’ Attempt to Reclaim the $250 Million Guelph Treasure The heirs of the dealers who sold the treasure under duress will get another chance to make their case in a district court. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 3, 2021
Art World The Daughter of a Collector Charged With Trafficking Looted Antiquities Has Returned Her Father’s $50 Million Hoard to Cambodia Douglas Latchford was a leading scholar of Khmer antiquities. But he was also charged with smuggling. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2021
Archaeology & History Marine Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Ancient Shipwreck Filled With Treasures Off the Coast of Greece The ship's cargo included ceramics from Spain and Tunisia. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 27, 2021
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Are Caught Up in an Intense Fight Over Just How Important the Mysterious Nebra Sky Disk Really Is Two published reports by competing teams of scholars have reignited a long-standing debate. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 20, 2021
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Discovered a Pristine 45,000-Year-Old Cave Painting of a Pig That May Be the Oldest Artwork in the World “I was struck dumb,” one archaeologist said of the find. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 14, 2021
Archaeology & History A Modest Stone Relic Has Led Archeologists to the Tomb of a Depraved Ancient Chinese Emperor Famed for His Cruelty and Enormous Harem It appears to offer proof that the tomb belongs to Han Emperor Liu Zhi. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 11, 2021
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Are Using Incredible Photographs From This Cold War-Era Spy Satellite to Unlock Secrets of World History Some of the earliest satellite photography has been declassified, and is proving a boon to all different kinds of research. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 8, 2021
Law & Politics In a Win for UK Antiquities Dealers, Britain Will Abandon the EU’s Strict Regulations on Importing Cultural Heritage Now That It’s Finalized Brexit The regulations were conceived as a way to curb the illegal trafficking of cultural goods. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2021
Law & Politics Lawmakers Are Cracking Down on the ‘Unregulated’ US Art Market. Here’s How a New Anti-Money Laundering Law Will Affect Dealers The new regulations target antiquities dealers, but could soon apply across the art market. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 6, 2021
Archaeology & History The Extraordinary Discovery of a 1,000-Year-Old Chinese Coin in the UK May Give Proof of a Global Medieval Trade Route Two medieval Chinese coins have now been discovered in the UK. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 5, 2021
Auctions Top Auction Houses Saw Total Sales Drop in 2020—But Sotheby’s Outpaced Rival Christie’s With $5 Billion in Revenue Private sales, online sales, and demand from Asia are driving growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 18, 2020
Art World French Authorities Seized More Than 27,000 Potentially Looted Archaeological Artifacts Hoarded by a Single Collector in Belgium The suspect said he found ancient Roman coins in his apple orchard in Belgium, but experts say that is impossible. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 17, 2020
Art World A 500-Year-Old Aztec Tower of Human Skulls Is Even More Terrifyingly Humongous Than Previously Thought, Archaeologists Find Spanish conquistadors destroyed the Huei Tzompantli tower, but archaeologist are unearthing its ruins. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 16, 2020
Art World A Dutch Architecture Firm Is Building an Underwater Museum Around a 271-Year-Old Shipwreck—See the Incredible Plans Here But first, they have to relocate the waterlogged vessel from England to Amsterdam. By Artnet News, Dec 15, 2020
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction in 2020—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2020