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Returning bones to Madagascar doesn’t just right a colonial wrong: why a royal skull still has power

France’s Ministry of Culture handed over three Malagasy skulls to Harea Georges Kamamy, the reigning king (ampagnito) of the Sakalava people in Menabe, a western region of Madagascar, on 26 August 2025. The skulls had been held for more than a century in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.

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Temples to Minoan palaces: Greece is opening 126 ancient sites for free under the August full moon

Sites will be open until around midnight, and several will have live concerts, choirs or guided tours built into the programme.

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Buried for over 3,000 years: Why this mysterious human skull and turtle-shaped artifact have archaeologists excited about a forgotten civilization

Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered a mysterious face-down human skull believed to more than 3000 years old at a burial site dating to around 850 B.C. DNA and radiocarbon testing could reveal whether this is one of the oldest known pre-Hispanic burials in Mesoamerica, the Ministry said in a…

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Archaeologists find 2,800-year-old burial of person clutching sea turtle vessel in El Salvador

An unusual 2,800-year-old Mesoamerican burial found in El Salvador included a face-down skeleton clutching a sea turtle vessel.

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Brazil's government says it is working with Peru to protect border Indigenous lands

Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said it has signed a memorandum with Peru’s Ministry of Culture to protect Indigenous territories along their border

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Archaeologists discover three hidden 5,000-year-old 'fairy houses' on an ancient hillside in Italy

Archaeologists working in Sardinia have uncovered three previously unknown prehistoric rock-cut tombs, known locally as domus de janas or fairy houses, adding fresh depth to a site that had already been studied for decades. The discovery took place at the Sant'Andrea Priu archaeological complex in the town of Bonorva, where…

The Times of India

Culture means more than tourism

The recent proposal to merge the Ministry of Culture with the Ministry of Tourism should be treated with great caution. This idea may appear to be just a bureaucratic restructuring. But the two ministries have distinct missions, functions and skill sets that should not be combined. The Ministry of Culture…

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Lost first-century villa likely visited by three emperors unearthed outside Rome

Villa was likely built in early first century and abandoned in the third century, researchers say

The Independent UK

Rare 3,500-year-old Bronze Age gold jewellery unearthed in Aegina

Researchers have found a stunning collection of gold jewellery from the Middle Bronze Age at the Kolona site on the Greek island of Aegina. These artefacts were officially announced on April 22, 2026, by the Greek Ministry of Culture, dating back to the first half of the second millennium BCE.…

The Times of India

Archaeologists discover 5,000‑year‑old hidden ‘fairy houses’ in Italy, which are now a UNESCO site

In the rugged heart of Sardinia, Italian archaeologists have excavated three ornately decorated underground tombs, known as the Domus de Janas, or “houses of the fairies.” These 5,000-year-old subterranean tombs, buried beneath centuries of earth and hidden near the famous Sant’Andrea Priu tombs, were once home to the Neolithic population,…

The Times of India

David Beckham pays effusive tribute to 'deserving' Victoria amid Brooklyn fallout

Brooklyn blasted his ‘controlling’ parents in a scathing online statement last week

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What are the Piprahwa gems, and why is India trying to stop their auction?

New Delhi says private sale of gems linked to the Buddha is unlawful and demands repatriation from Sotheby’s.

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5,000-year-old burial of elite woman with inlaid toucan's beak found in Peru

Archaeologists have found the remains of an elite woman who was buried with a variety of remarkable grave goods.

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Peru's 12-Angle Stone Vandalized, Causing 'Irreversible Damage'

Peru's Ministry of Culture said in a statement that multiple fragments broke off "the emblematic stone structure."

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France pushes for Unesco status for D-Day beaches and Carcassonne fortresses

France's Ministry of Culture on Monday filed an application to have the beaches in Normandy that were the site of the D-Day landings during the Second World War and the medieval fortresses of Carcassonne added to Unesco's list of World Heritage Sites.

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia launches partnership with King Charles’s foundation to encourage handicrafts

New collaboration between the two kingdoms will offer training programmes from the King’s Foundation as part of Saudi Arabia’s Year of Handicrafts 2025

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Archaeologists perplexed by strange skeleton uncovered in Italy’s 2,200-year-old ‘Tomb of Cerberus’

Findings may shed more light on cultural demographics of Naples 2,000 years ago

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Identity of 2,200-year-old skeleton in 'Tomb of Cerberus' is a mystery

Archaeologists have found a shrouded skeleton that was buried around 2,200 years ago in a tomb with extravagant murals.

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1,200-year-old lord's tomb laden with gold unearthed in Panama

The tomb was likely built for a pre-Hispanic, high-status adult male.

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Cuban cabaret artist Juana Bacallao dies at 98

The legendary nightclub singer died Saturday in her hometown of Havana, according to a statement on social media from Cuba's Ministry of Culture.

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2,300-year-old shell mosaic discovered in luxurious home in Rome

Archaeologists think the house belonged to a senatorial family during the last years of Rome's Republic.

The Hindu

Artefacts from Hyderabad’s Adya Kala gallery find pride of place at Rashtrapati Bhawan

Marking the completion of one year of taking charge, President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated various projects at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Handloom art exhibition in Hampi

The JSW Foundation, a social development wing of JSW Group, organised “Woven Narratives”, a unique exhibition of Indian handlooms curated by textile designer, writer and curator Mayank Mansingh Kaul, at Hampi in Vijayanagar district on Friday.

The Hindu

Kala Bhoomi, the Odisha Crafts Museum, tries a collab

How a recent G20 meet in Bhubaneswar and an exhibition by a well-known Mumbai designer injected new life into the city’s crafts museum

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800-year-old mummy seized after man boasted about it to friends

Discovery was made at the Mantaro viewpoint in the Peruvian city of Puno

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