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          Archaeology

          All the latest news and stories on archaeology

          Hegra, Alula World Archeology Summit. photo: AlUla World Archaeology Summit

          Experts gather in AlUla amid push to become global archaeological centre

          Saudi ArabiaSeptember 16, 2023
          Ancient inscriptions carved into Jabal Ikmah in AlUla, which is hosting its inaugural World Archaeology Summit. Photo: AlUla World Archaeology Summit

          AlUla archaeology summit unearths challenges of cultural bias

          Arts & CultureSeptember 15, 2023
          The British Museum in London. PA

          British Museum 'ignored requests for details of illicit items'

          UKSeptember 14, 2023
          A team of researchers has excavated an 'unprecedented assemblage' of skull and horn fragments in AlUla. Photo: Muhammad Al-Dajani / RCU

          Neolithic sites in AlUla among region's oldest pilgrimage sites

          Arts & CultureSeptember 11, 2023
          The weapons were found deeply wedged behind a wall of stalactites and preserved in wood and leather scabbards. Reuters

          Israel unveils 1,900-year-old Roman weapons found in cave

          MENASeptember 07, 2023
          Left, the canopic jar containing the remains of a woman named Senetnay, wet nurse to Pharaoh Amenhotep II. Right, the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Photo: Museum August Kestner / Alamy

          Ancient Egyptian jars reveal tale of nurse buried among pharaohs

          EgyptAugust 31, 2023
          Hegra is known for its intricately inscribed Nabataean tombs. Photo: Discovery Channel

          Hegra celebrates 15 years as Unesco World Heritage site

          Arts & CultureAugust 31, 2023
          Remi Martineau, researcher at France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), at the excavation site. Photo: CNRS

          Neolithic village discovered in France is 'last piece of jigsaw'

          Arts & CultureAugust 28, 2023
          Saudi Arabia has announced 'significant' discoveries, including homes and work areas, at the kingdom's Al Abla site. SPA

          Saudi archaeologists claim 'significant' discoveries at Al Abla

          Saudi ArabiaAugust 26, 2023
          An Iraqi worker excavates a rock-carving relief at the Mashki Gate, one of the entrances to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, on the outskirts of Mosul. AFP

          Mosul archaeology project uncovers 'spectacular' Assyrian relics

          Arts & CultureAugust 21, 2023
          The remains of the ancient sunken ship in the Mediterranean near the city of El Alamein, Egypt

          How engineer and his sons found ancient ship on Egypt's north coast

          EgyptAugust 15, 2023
          The AlUla World Archaeology Summit will be held at Maraya. AFP

          Saudi Arabia announces inaugural archaeology summit in AlUla

          Arts & CultureAugust 11, 2023
          Hesham Sallam, right, with fellow Egyptian paleontologists Abdullah Gohar, left, and Mohamed Sameh and holotype fossils of the extinct Tutcetus rayanensis at the American University in Cairo. AFP

          Scientists discover ancient Egyptian miniature whale

          EgyptAugust 10, 2023
          Clay jars found at the site of the wreck are believed to have contained wine being transported between Egypt and Greece. Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

          Remains of ancient merchant ship discovered in sea near El Alamein

          MENAAugust 06, 2023
          A fossil of entangled psittacosaurus dinosaur and repenomamus mammal skeletons found in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted down dinosaur meat for dinner. Pictures: Canadian Museum of Nature/AP

          Fossil shows moment brave mammal tried to eat a dinosaur

          WorldJuly 19, 2023
          Chavin de Huantar, a Unesco World Heritage site, is about 430km north of Lima, Peru. Reuters

          Archaeologists in Peru find ancient tunnel in mountain temple

          WorldJuly 13, 2023
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