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          Archaeology

          All the latest news and stories on archaeology

          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

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          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

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

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          The AlUla World Archaeology Summit will be held at Maraya. AFP

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          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
          In its heyday, El Jem Roman Colosseum in Tunisia could accommodate 30,000 spectators. Photo: Ghaya Ben Mbarek / The National

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          WeekendJuly 07, 2023
          The head of a colossal statue of Ramses II displayed at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. AFP

          Stolen fragment of 3,400-year-old statue returned to Egypt

          EgyptJuly 03, 2023
          Iraqi Culture Minister Ahmed Fakak Al Badrani displays the 2,800-year-old stone tablet at a press conference in Baghdad. AFP

          Italy returns 2,800-year-old stone tablet smuggled from Iraq

          WorldJune 18, 2023
          The 3,000-year-old Babylonian-era ziggurat of Aqar Quf towers above the landscape in Abu Ghraib town, 30km west of Baghdad. All photos: EPA

          Iraq's battle to preserve a 3,000-year-old temple - in pictures

          MENAJune 17, 2023
          Major New Abu Dhabi Archaeological Discoveries Reveal Sites and Artefacts from Iron Age and Pre-Islamic Period.

          Artefacts found at ancient burial site in Abu Dhabi

          HeritageJune 16, 2023
          A 4,200-year-old decorated stone slab which was smuggled out of Egypt in 2001 after being discovered by a French archaeological mission.

          Egyptian delegation in Paris to retrieve 4,200-year-old murals

          MENAJune 12, 2023
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