The BBC's Soutik Biswas describes the devastation at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, after the three-day seige.

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The newly-restored tomb of King Edward II at Gloucester Cathedral is to be unveiled by Princess Anne.

A rare 15th Century alabaster sculpture depicting the entombment of Christ sells for £7,500 at auction.

Iraq's antiquities department takes delivery of 11 ancient ceremonial seals looted after the US-led invasion in 2003.

Just how did two unassuming pensioners and their son fool the art world for nearly two decades?

Ancient artefacts and treasures from Gaza's diverse civilisations go on display in Geneva.

A painting by Francis Bacon is sold in New York for $15m (£7.9m), a record for a work by the Dublin-born artist.

Poetry is perennially on the ropes, a pensive, esoteric artform in a world absorbed by novelty and new media. But Poet Laureate Andrew Motion says it can resonate with all ages and an unlikely ambassador for the young is a certain Pete Doherty.

Urgent conservation work is to begin on one of Europe's most important pieces of furniture - the Pope's Cabinet.

Three men steal a diamond-studded bracelet after holding captive an elderly woman.

It's World Usability Day and readers have been nominating the products they think are the best and worse to use. Cast your votes on the top five.

A woman wins a nine-year battle for just over £200 in maternity pay she claims she should have received in 1996.

A car identical to the one driven by the man accused of killing Louise Tiffney was recorded when she disappeared.

Churches preserved for the nation should be put back into use for communities, says a conservation trust.

The Pope reaches out to Orthodox Christians as he returns bones looted during the Crusades.

Saudi helicopters drop soldiers into the oil workers' compound where militants are holding about 50 hostages.

BBC News Online readers e-mail in with their accounts of the violence in Khobar, in eastern Saudi Arabia.

A student provokes anger with an exhibition of puppets featuring false teeth from dead people.

A landmark European ruling could boost maternity pay for thousands of women each year.