The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.

The head had not been seen publicly since it was severed from the rest of its huge stone body in Melbourne’s Kings Domain in June last year, on the eve of the King’s Birthday public holiday.

Antiques valuer Adam Schoon was presented with a "fantastic" stone head on Sunday's instalment of Antiques Roadshow on BBC One. The guest, who brought the artefact to the Ulster Folk Museum in ...