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Divers find marble treasure from Athens' Acropolis in Lord Elgin's shipwrecked brig at the bottom of the Aegean Sea

Divers investigating a shipwrecked brig once owned by Lord Elgin have discovered an overlooked piece of marble from the Acropolis in Athens.

LiveScience

Len Deighton obituary

Writer whose ‘anti-Bond’ hero in his 1962 novel The Ipcress File had a seismic impact on spy fiction

The Guardian - UK

Maxine Peake among 200 figures urging British Museum to support Palestine

The letter comes amid reports that the museum has removed the word ‘Palestine’ from several of its gallery displays.

Evening Standard

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UK’s free museums are in trouble. Should tourists start paying?

IN FOCUS: Visitors to London’s galleries and museums can see some of the finest artworks in the world without paying a penny – but for how much longer? Annabel Nugent explores the fraught debate about who should foot the bill for keeping them free of charge

The Independent UK

Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where?

Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

The Guardian - UK

QPR’s Jonathan Varane: ‘Football is a big part of my life, but it’s not everything’

Martinique midfielder tells Ed Aarons that he tapped into history while frustrated by injury, but now hopes he can help a young side to rediscover promising form

The Guardian - UK

How a brazen thief stole 300 pieces of art from the British Museum

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British Museum staff member stole over 300 pieces of art before being caught red-handed

Former employee smuggled out and sold hundreds of prints during the early 1990s, new book reveals

The Independent UK

‘The Donald Trump of ancient Egypt’: Ramses II’s ego is on full display in new exhibition

An exhibition of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from Tutankhamun’s shadow

The Guardian - UK

British Museum announces ticket sales details for Bayeux Tapestry exhibition: ‘A truly once-in-a-lifetime experience’

It could become one of the museum's most popular attractions ever

The Independent UK

British Museum offers ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience’ to see Bayeux Tapestry

Tickets to see the tapestry at London’s British Museum will first be available for entry on dates between September and December.

Evening Standard

Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums

Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies

The Guardian - UK

Heart-shaped locket discovery offers rare glimpse into Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon’s marriage

Henry VIII is not remembered as a loving husband. Any English schoolchild can recount the unpleasant fates of most of his six wives with the rhyme: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.” But though the end of his relationships are famous, less is known about Henry in love.

The Conversation

Royally-Inspired Heart Necklaces are Having a Moment Right Now

“Historically, heart-shaped jewellery has always carried significance beyond romance.”

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The Independent UK

British Museum raises £3.5m to save heart pendant linked to Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon

The 24-carat artefact was found by a metal detectorist in a Midlands field

The Independent UK

British Museum raises £3.5m in four months to save pendant linked to Henry VIII

The London museum launched an appeal in October to save the Tudor Heart.

Evening Standard

British Museum raises £3.5million to save Henry VIII-linked pendant found by metal detectorist in field

The London museum launched has raised £3.5million in just four month to save the Tudor Heart

The Independent UK

British Museum successfully raises millions to save Henry VIII marriage artefact

Success of the campaign shows the power of history to spark the imagination, says museum director

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Indie game Relooted shows how Unreal Blueprints can empower artists

Nyamakop's Ben Myres shares how Epic's tech helped make its upcoming Africanfuturism heist game.

The Independent UK

‘A crime against our heritage’: French fury over moving the Bayeux Tapestry

Art experts and local officials in France are horrified that the 1,000-year-old tapestry is being moved across the Channel

Creative Bloq

I can’t ignore the irony of the British Museum’s AI scandal

How did this get approved?

Evening Standard

Samurai at the British Museum: A triumph of style, sophistication and sword porn

4/5 Samurai is a blockbuster show which shows the intellectual, refined side of the Samurai, as well as their flair for decapitations

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about hurling yourself into the unknown’: Charmaine Watkiss on turning a UK museum upside down

The artist’s work resurfaces skills and knowledge that colonialism buried. She explains how her drawings and sculpture weave botanical illustration and traditional craft to engage with generational trauma

Evening Standard

Row breaks out over planned British Museum security blocks 'like a wine bar'

The landmark Bloomsbury museum wants to replace its controversial anti-terrorism marquees with two new temporary blocks

Euronews

Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Samurais, home invasion horrors and funny art - here's what to look out for in Europe this week.

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