Treasure finds in England reach record high

Treasure finds in England have hit a record high, with a lamp shaped like a human foot and an earwax scoop among the more ...
The New Yorker

The British Museum’s Blockbuster Scandals

Charles Townley, one of Britain’s first great collectors of antiquities, was born in Lancashire in 1737. A distaff descendant of the aristocratic Howard family, he was educated mostly in France—a ...
Artnet

Historic $1.2 Billion Donation Approved for the British Museum

The Sir Percival David Foundation will permanently donate its £1 billion ($1.27 billion) Chinese ceramics collection to the British Museum, following regulatory approval to amend its governing ...
University College London (UCL)

British discovery shows humans made fire 350,000 earlier than thought

A collection of artefacts showing the earliest evidence of early humans intentionally making fire nearly 350,000 years ...
The Art Newspaper

New UK law makes restitution easier—but excludes national museums, such as the British Museum

Legislation allows non-national museums established as charities to transfer property on a “moral basis” depending on its value ...
Inside Edition

Egyptians Petition for the Rosetta Stone's Return From British Museum

Museums across Europe and America have drawn dazzling crowds with artifacts from other nations. Many of these pieces were the spoils of war and remnants of colonization. A debate has raged for years ...
Forbes

The British Museum: The Problematic Yet Enduring Appeal of Antiquities

In London last month, my first stop was to visit the British Museum. Going there seemed an urgent priority. My thinking was that in such turbulent contemporary times, it is reassuring to see the ...