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Archaeology

All the latest news and stories on archaeology

The Coastal Fortified Network of South Eastern Arabia in Sharjah comprises Dibba Al-Hisn, Khor Fakkan and Khor Kalba. Wam

Sharjah's coastal heritage network added to Unesco World Heritage Tentative List

UAESeptember 09, 2026
A ladder three thieves used to break into the Louvre in Paris last year. EPA

Europol warns over 'explosive' museum robberies targeting gold and jewels

UKAugust 26, 2026
A selection of 'brand' pottery found in the oasis at Qurayyah, north-western Saudi Arabia. Photo: Prof Dr Marta Luciani

How Bronze Age Arabian traders invented ‘brand value'

EuropeAugust 19, 2026
The exterior view of the excavated tomb at the Theban Necropolis. Proyecto dos cero nueve / Jose Miguel Barrios Mufrege

How burial trends in an Ancient Egyptian tomb changed over hundreds of years

MENAAugust 18, 2026
Whip snakes would have been on the menu for foragers in the Levant 11,000 years ago.

Snakes on a plate: Reptiles eaten by foragers in the Levant for 3,000 years

MENAAugust 17, 2026
new archaeological discovery at Tell Abu Seifi in Qantara East redraws the map of Horus's war route. Photo: MOTA Egypt

Archaeologists may have found Egypt’s lost city of Masn

CultureAugust 16, 2026
A new study by scientists from Khalifa University could guide future excavations on Al Sinniyah Island. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Radar helps shed new light on 'major human settlement' at ancient UAE site

UAEJuly 30, 2026
Researchers believe these are the remains of Princess Sathathormeryt, an Egyptian royal buried 4,000 years ago. Photo: Egyptian Museum

Egypt's warrior princesses: Ancient bones reveal lives of trained female archers

MENAJuly 17, 2026
An artefact from Raqqa in northern Syria takes its place at the National Museum in Damascus, having been kept by France for years. AFP

France's return of Syrian artefacts key to cultural restoration after war

MENAJuly 10, 2026
Archaeologists in Iraq’s Nineveh province have announced the discovery of a rare Assyrian stele. Photo: Iraqi Ministry of Culture

Rare stele of Assyrian king who reigned 2,600 years ago unearthed in Iraq

MENAJune 25, 2026
Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital Damascus is popular with tourists. Ahmed Falaha / The National
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The mosque of seven fires: Syria's Umayyad gem enters new era of restoration

MENAJune 12, 2026
The Jumeirah Archaeological Site in the heart of Dubai includes the remains of an ancient settlement dating back to the Abbasid period. Wam

How the UAE focused on preserving its heritage

EditorialMay 26, 2026
The Jebel Barkal pyramids in Sudan's Northern State in Sudanese Nubia. AFP

How the Nile slowed to help an ancient empire thrive for centuries

MENAApril 27, 2026
The limestone baboon will be presented by David Aaron at TEFAF Maastricht in March. Photo: David Aaron

Sculpture of Ancient Egyptian 'Sun-worshipping baboon' up for sale

EuropeFebruary 19, 2026
Tests showed the mummified cheetahs found in Saudi Arabia range between 170 and 2,000 years old, while the oldest skeleton is up to 4,000 years old. Photo: Ahmed Boug
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Mummified cheetah discovery raises reintroduction hopes in Arabian Peninsula

MENAJanuary 15, 2026
A 773,000-year-old mandible fossil from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco. Photo: Programme Prehistoire de Casablanca

Morocco fossils reveal missing link to human ancestry in Africa

MENAJanuary 07, 2026
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