The Latest Breaking News from the British Museum

Around 2,000 items - including gold jewellery, semi-precious stones and glass - were stolen from the British Museum

British Museum interim director Sir Mark Jones is appearing before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday.

The one-off evidence session will ‘focus on the reputational and financial implications for the museum and the wider national collection’.

A Metropolitan Police investigation is under way.

Innovative scanning techniques show painting of sculptures was potentially as intricate as their carving

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Two centuries ago this week, French linguist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had cracked the code of hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptian writing system that had puzzled scholars for centuries. RFI tells the story of a breakthrough that revolutionised human understanding of one of the world’s oldest civilisations.

The British Museum confirmed 60 items have now been returned

Museum says 60 items have been returned to date and 300 are due to be returned soon

The British Museum confirmed 60 items have now been returned.

There are calls for wholesale change as the ‘museum of the world’ seeks to rebuild a reputation in tatters