British Museum

India Set To Get 500-Year-Old Bronze Idol Stolen Decades Ago; Details Here

The UK's  Oxford University has agreed to return a 500-year-old bronze idol of a saint believed to be stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu to India.

Jun 11, 2024, 16:44 PM IST

Ancient Treasure Goes Missing From British Museum. Know Why America's FBI Interested In It

The USA’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the sale of potentially stolen artefacts from the British Museum to US buyers.

May 27, 2024, 13:50 PM IST

British Museum Begins Recovery Of Items Taken From It, Sold Online

The missing items include gold jewelry, gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th century BC to the 19th century AD. 

Aug 27, 2023, 06:32 AM IST

Revealed – Take a look at Britain's 'oldest' Iron Age gold gems discovered in Staffordshire

Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania unearthed the gold items just below the ground in an area of moorland on a farm in the English county of Staffordshire, Xinhua news agency reported. 

Mar 01, 2017, 11:33 AM IST

British Museum treasures go online in Google partnership

Thousands of artefacts from the British Museum's priceless collections went online today in a partnership with Google that will allow web-users to take a virtual stroll through its galleries.

Nov 12, 2015, 23:14 PM IST

World's oldest bible on show as British Museum tracks Egypt's religions

Titled ‘Egypt: faith after the pharaohs’, the exhibition covers 12 centuries, from the country's integration into the Roman Empire in 30 BC to the fall of the Islamic Fatimid dynasty in 1171.

Oct 29, 2015, 10:32 AM IST

AP hopes to bring back famed Amaravati artifacts from UK

The Andhra government is hoping to bring back many artifacts related to its new capital city Amaravati from London.

Oct 14, 2015, 11:40 AM IST