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Why the Koh-i-noor diamond won't make an appearance at King Charles III's coronation

The royal family has decided to leave the 105-carat gem out of this weekend's coronation ceremony. The Koh-i-noor has become a focus of anti-colonial anger. India wants it back.

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Jack the Ripper was a police officer, historian declares after 20 years' research

Rod Beattie has spent 20 years trawling national archives and believes Britain’s most notorious serial killer, who slaughtered five women, was aggrieved police constable Bowden Endacott

Daily Mirror

Luxury and Power review: boozed-up Persians and Greeks on a 500-year bender

Centuries of conflict between the civilisations of Persia and Greece are chiefly captured through elaborate drinking vessels in this lively – and occasionally puzzling – show

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Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece at the British Museum review - our world looks too shabby for this stuff

This gorgeous exhibition shows that even if the Greeks thought the Persians were effete decadents, they shared a taste for the finer things in life

Evening Standard

Greece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures

Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two ancient Greek sculptures

The Independent UK

Stolen coins reveals King Alfred had help from ally to stop Vikings ruling England

Alfred, who is widely regarded as the first person to be king of the English, may have been assisted by fellow leader Ceolwulf in his struggle against Viking marauders

Daily Mirror

County Durham man convicted of possessing Viking coins which change history - after he tried to sell them

Police found the 44 coins, which are valued at approximately £766,000, at properties in County Durham and Lancashire

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Metal detectorists guilty of illegal plot to sell Viking coins after being caught by undercover detective

Craig Best and Roger Pilling convicted of conspiring to sell criminal property worth £766,000

The Independent UK

Collectors guilty of illegal plot to sell historic Anglo-Saxon coins abroad

Craig Best, 46, and Roger Pilling, 75, were convicted of conspiring to sell criminal property worth £766,000.

The Independent UK

Two men guilty of conspiring to sell history-changing Anglo-Saxon coins

Undercover police caught men attempting illegal sale of cache that experts say helps transform view of Alfred the Great

The Guardian - UK

Who is the deputy prime minister? All you need to know about Oliver Dowden

Britons will soon take to the polls to decide who will lead the country in an election that was called unexpectedly early on July 4.

Evening Standard

Hidden contents of 6 ancient Egyptian coffins, sealed for thousands of years, revealed

Scientists used neutron tomography to see inside six sealed ancient Egyptian coffins that were used to bury animals.

LiveScience

Smuggled Iranian carving worth £30m seized at airport by UK border patrol

The ancient treasure has been restored and will go on show at the British Museum before going back home

The Guardian - UK

Vatican returns ancient Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Greece repeats calls for return of Elgin Marbles after Vatican returns Parthenon sculptures

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Greece welcomes back ancient art amid pressure on British Museum

The restitution of Parthenon artefacts from the Vatican increases pressure on the British Museum to return marbles.

The Independent UK

With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art

Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Gwendolyn Leick obituary

Other lives: Researcher and lecturer who wrote 14 books about ancient near eastern history

The Independent UK

UK won’t return Elgin marbles to Greece, says Rishi Sunak

Collection at the British Museum is protected by law

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There's no plan to change law stopping Elgin Marbles from returning to Greece, says PM

The 1963 British Museum Act stops the institution from giving away items in its collection. Rishi Sunak has said he has no intention of changing the law to allow the sculptures to be returned.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK PM Sunak Rules Out Law Change for Return of Parthenon Marbles

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ruled out changing a law which prohibits the British Museum handing the Parthenon marbles permanently back to Greece. Sunak said there are no plans to amend the legislation, which states the museum can only dispose of objects within its collection in limited circumstances. However, the…

The Guardian - UK

No plans to return Parthenon marbles to Greece, says Rishi Sunak

PM says British Museum collection is funded by taxpayers and protected by law

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak rules out returning Elgin Marbles in latest blow to Greece's long dispute

Greece has been disappointed once again after the Prime Minister refused a law change which would return the Elgin Marbles after they were taken from Athens' Parthenon Temple in the 19th century

The Independent UK

No plans to change law blocking Elgin Marbles from being given to Greece – Sunak

Athens has long demanded the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, which were removed from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century.

The New Daily

UK and Greece could cut a deal on Elgin Marbles

The return of the British Museum's Elgin Marbles to Greece is possible even if the two sides cannot come to an agreement

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