Now playing Next Culture news V&A beats the Met to scoop 12th-century ivory carving The sculpture, which depicts Jesus Christ’s body being lifted from the cross by Joseph of Arimathea, is now set to stay in the UK. 17/07/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Spain catalogues more than 5,000 items stolen during Franco's reign A list of over 5,000 art items seized by the Franco regime have been published by the Spanish government so they can be returned to their original owners’ descendants. 14/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture news British Museum recovers 268 more missing artefacts following thefts The news follows last year's revelation that approximately 2,000 items, including gold and semi-precious stone jewellery, had gone missing. 17/05/2024
Now playing Next Culture news European court supports Italy's claim to bronze statue from LA museum The statue, a life-sized bronze believed to date from 300-100 B.C., was purchased by the Getty in 1977 after being pulled from the sea by Italian fishermen in 1964 and illegally exported. 03/05/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Titanic's richest passenger's gold pocket watch sells for €1.4 million Other notable items in the auction included the valise holding the band leader's violin and a pocketbook documenting the Titanic’s voyages. 29/04/2024
Now playing Next Culture news London’s National Gallery expansion unearths remnants of Saxon town The site, which was discovered while expanding the National Gallery for its 200th anniversary, suggests that the urban centre of Saxon Lundenwic extended further west than previously thought. 27/02/2024
Now playing Next Culture news France and Germany to investigate provenance of African cultural items The €2.1 million fund will finance research over three years investigating whether African artefacts in French and German national museums were justly obtained. 30/01/2024
Now playing Next Culture news UK museums to loan looted artefacts to Ghana The UK is returning a selection of Asante Gold looted from Ghana over 100 years ago in a historic loan deal. 25/01/2024
Now playing Next Art Artist Shezad Dawood explores migration and climate change at Salisbury Cathedral Conceived in collaboration with climate scientists, marine biologists and oceanographers, Shezad Dawood's works explores what binds us with the world and the need for radical empathy towards our fellow humans. 18/12/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Belgian home unveils long-lost stolen Pompeii artefact after 50 years In the quaint Belgian village of Herzele, a father and his son were taken aback when an artefact that had adorned their stairwell for half a century turned out to be a long-lost, highly valuable piece from Pompeii. 15/12/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Crimean treasures return to Ukraine after a lengthy ownership dispute The artifacts were on loan to a Dutch museum in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea, leading to a tug-of-war ownership dispute in which Ukraine fought to keep them. 28/11/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Diver finds ancient treasure trove of Roman coins off Sardinia A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia's coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins. 07/11/2023
Now playing Next Culture news National museums in Wales are missing nearly 2,000 items Though mostly unvaluable household items, the missing objects recorded by Museum Wales include ancient coins, tiles, jewellery and tools. 09/10/2023
Now playing Next Culture news 'Stolen' totem pole to return home to Canada from Scottish museum The vast artefact is being prepared for return from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh to the Nisga'a Nation, an indigenous group based on the west coast of Canada, after it was 'stolen' nearly a century ago. 28/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news British Museum sacks staff member over missing and stolen items The museum says the pieces include "gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th Century BC to the 19th Century AD". 17/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news United States return 266 incredibly valuable stolen artefacts to Italy Among the looted items are works from the periods of the Etruscan civilisation, Magna Graecia, and Imperial Rome, with the oldest ones dating back to the ninth century B.C. 14/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Paradise for archeology: Roman-era aristocrat tombs revealed in Gaza Palestinian archaeologists have found another lead sarcophagus, believed to belong to Roman aristocratic leaders. It's the second to be unearthed in a Roman-era necropolis discovered in Gaza City. 19/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Weekly Re-View: Hollywood actors strike and Spacey testifies Hollywood actors join screenwriters on strike, The Netherlands pledges to return artefacts to Indonesia, Kevin Spacey gives testimony in court while the jury is out at the Venice Film Festival. 16/07/2023
Now playing Next Art Stolen artefacts on display after being returned to Italy from UK Hundreds of stolen artefacts - including an Etruscan three-legged table made of bronze and marble busts of men from the imperial age - have been returned to Italy after they were discovered in the UK. 01/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Uncovering ancient mummification workshops in Egypt Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed two embalming workshops and two tombs with 4,500 old artifacts in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, Egypt. 30/05/2023