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Greece recovers hundreds of looted antiquities

ATHENS: Greece said it has recovered hundreds of looted artefacts including a second-century bronze statue of Alexander the Great from a notorious British antiquities dealer after a 17-year legal battle.

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Oxford University cuts ties with Sackler family over links with opioids

University follows other institutions in removing titles of family who make OxyContin painkiller

The Guardian - UK

China’s Hidden Century at the British Museum review: marvellous and messy, but then that’s history

Hidden from us, not them, this packed 100 years tells a complex story of profound and rapid change

Evening Standard

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China’s Hidden Century review – how opium and Christianity demolished a civilisation

From Looty the stolen dog to the story of the last emperor, via glittering gowns and bloody rebellions, this show has a shock round every corner

The Guardian - UK

George Osborne to lead £2.4bn investment management firm

Former chancellor adds to roster of jobs with role as chair of Lingotto, owned by Agnelli family’s Exor

The Guardian - UK

We want win-win solution on Elgin Marbles, says Greek prime minister

Greece has been campaigning for decades for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures

The Independent UK

Greek PM seeks 'innovative' solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum

Greece's prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures currently in the British Museum

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk promises to personally accompany First Nations people to British Museum to recover artefacts

After passing a "watershed bill" to establish Indigenous truth-telling and healing, the premier promised to accompany First Nations people to the British Museum to reclaim stolen artefacts.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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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.

LiveScience

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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