Two reconstructed colossal statues of King Amenhotep III, who ruled around 1388 BC to 1348 BC, have been unveiled in Egypt. Both statues are carved from red quartzite and have been erected in their original positions within the pharaoh’s funerary temple on Luxor’s west bank.

Israel’s Supreme Court is due to consider whether the route of a West Bank security barrier will run through a 4,000-year-old farming village near Bethlehem. Conservationists and activists are hoping the ancient irrigated terraces of Battir will be saved since the World Monuments Fund added the site to its endangered list earlier this month.

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The theatre was used to screen films for World War Two service personnel and Australian cinema owners during peacetime, and many of the original features have been retained, such as the wood panelling which is integral to the acoustics of the 60-seat auditorium...

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The Egyptian Museum next to Cairo’s Tahrir Square is hoping to turn a potential calamity into an opportunity by increasing both its space and its staffing. The expansion plan is a response to an incident during the revolution of January 2011, when the headquarters of the National Democratic Party (NPD), which is next door to the museum, was set alight. Now structurally unstable and beyond saving, the building poses a threat to the museum’s safety.

The curator of The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, Thierry-Maxime Loriot, gives a sneak peak into Jean Paul Gaultier's retrospective at Brooklyn Museum.