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Archaeology

All the latest news and stories on archaeology

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
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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.
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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
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Grieken. Jun 8, 2023. Mike Bink

Dutch museum hopes to change Egypt's ban on Saqqara excavation

EgyptJune 08, 2023
Build in 1269 at the start of Mamluk rule in Egypt, the Zaher Baybars Mosque's renovation cost more than 237 million Egyptian pounds. Kamal Tabikha/The National

Egypt's Zaher Baybars mosque reopens after 15-year restoration

EgyptJune 04, 2023
A reconstruction of Tutankhamun by Cicero Moraes. Photo: Cicero Moraes

Tutankhamun's 'delicate' face reconstructed digitally for first time

EgyptJune 01, 2023
Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, displays a newly discovered wooden coffin at the Saqqara necropolis south-east of Cairo. Mahmoud Nasr / The National
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Embalming rooms for humans and animals among latest finds at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis

EgyptMay 27, 2023
Giant gorgonopsian Inostrancevia with its dicynodont prey, scaring off the much smaller African species Cyonosaurus. Matt Celeskey.

Ancient predator's 11,000km journey a message for our times

WorldMay 22, 2023
An aerial view of a desert kite in Jebel Az Zilliyat, Saudi Arabia. Photo: O. Barge / CNRS
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Ancient plans for mega structures found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia

JordanMay 18, 2023

UK archaeologists discover Roman military camps in Arabian Desert

UKApril 26, 2023
A joint Dutch-Italian archaeological mission has discovered a cemetery and four small chapels dating to the Ramesside era in Egypt’s Saqqara. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Facebook
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Ancient tombs and chapels unearthed in Egypt’s Saqqara

EgyptApril 12, 2023
One of 12 severed hands discovered by archaeologists in northern Egypt. Photo: Nature

Severed hands found in Egypt are proof of gruesome war practice, study says

MENAApril 06, 2023
Teams dig at Masafi 5 in 2017. Photo: French Archaeological Mission in the UAE
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Ancient UAE village at Masafi gives up its secrets

HeritageMarch 29, 2023
Mummified ram heads uncovered during excavation work at the temple of Rameses II in Abydos. Reuters

More than 2,000 mummified ram heads uncovered at Egyptian temple

EgyptMarch 27, 2023
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