Calls for British Museum to return treasures to China after hundreds of artefacts stolen
Chinese state media has called for the return of its artefacts from the British Museum “free of charge” in the wake of the theft scandal . It comes after revelations that more than 1,500 priceless objects have gone missing from the Bloomsbury institution …
Ancient Sumerians invented water flumes thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Ancient Sumerians invented a “civilisation-saving” water channel 4,000 years ago, a British Museum dig has revealed. Archaeologists working at the ruined city of Girsu in Iraq have discovered the true function of a mysterious structure created by the …