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          Archaeology

          All the latest news and stories on archaeology

          Drought in Iraq has revealed a 3,400 city beneath the waters of a dam on the Tigris River.
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          A 3,400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River - in pictures

          May 30, 2022
          Jim Fitton, left, and Volker Waldmann, centre, are handcuffed as they walk outside a courtroom in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 15, 2022. AP Photo

          Briton insists no criminal intent when smuggling Iraqi artefacts

          UKMay 15, 2022
          A 1,600-year-old Siliqua Lugdunum coin. Three friends have discovered a Roman hoard worth tens of thousands of dollars during a weekend camping trip in rural England. The group were staying in a field near the ancient village of Pewsey, in Wiltshire, when they found the treasure trove six paces from where they had pitched their tent. Noonans via PA

          Hoard of 161 Roman coins found beneath campsite in Wiltshire

          UKMay 04, 2022
          Antiquities workers at the Pelusium site, in the Tell El Farma region of North Sinai, Egypt, unearth part of an archway into a temple to the god Zeus Cassius.

          Ancient temple dedicated to Zeus found in North Sinai

          EgyptApril 25, 2022
          The Roman industrial site unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Photo: Supreme Council of Antiquities
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          Roman-era ceramics workshop uncovered in Alexandria

          EgyptApril 13, 2022
          A team of Egyptologists pose for a photo in front of the newly re-erected obelisk of Hatshepsut at Luxor's Karnak Temple. The obelisk had been brought down by an earthquake in antiquity, leaving just over a third of the original obelisk intact.

          Ancient obelisk re-erected in original location at Luxor's Karnak Temple

          EgyptApril 10, 2022
          Gaza's Saint Hilarion Monastery, pictured in 2010. AFP
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          Palestinians overcome obstacles to unearth ancient treasures in Gaza

          MENAApril 05, 2022
          Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, tour the Caracol Mayan archaeological site in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Belize, on March 21. AFP
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          William and Kate marvel at ancient Belize Maya complex

          UKMarch 22, 2022
          Jeremiah Peterson's piece 'Gilgamesh, Live Life to the Fullest! (A Bartender's Advice at the Edge of the World): Clay Tablet With a Passage from the Epic of Gilgamesh'. Photo: Etsy / Jeremiah Peterson
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          Meet the Iowa academic making Mesopotamian-inspired cuneiform tablets at home

          MENAMarch 04, 2022
          Buraimi, Oman, September 12, 2015: Tim Power, archaeologist and professor at Zayed University at the sight of a Oman-UAE joint archaeological project un-earthing remains of an early Islamic settlement, 9th century, which they believe represents the remains of the lost city of Tawam near the border with the UAE in Buraimi on September 12, 2015. Christopher Pike / The National Reporter: Nick Leech Section: Focus Keywords: *** Local Caption *** CP0912-focus-archeological site-14.JPG
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          Beyond the Headlines: How archaeology is inspiring Omanis

          Beyond the HeadlinesFebruary 28, 2022
          The ship was located 300 metres offshore. SPA
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          Saudi shipwreck excavation reveals hundreds of 18th century artefacts

          Saudi ArabiaFebruary 25, 2022
          The sun illuminates the temple's inner sanctuary twice a year. AFP

          Solar alignment celebrated at Egypt's Abu Simbel temple

          EgyptFebruary 22, 2022
          Excavation underway the the Bat site. Photo: courtesy Bat Archaeological Project
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          Oman discovery could show what ancient people ate more than 2,000 years ago

          OmanFebruary 19, 2022
          An Iron Age coin found at an HS2 archaeological dig near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. PA

          More than 400 bodies exhumed from UK Roman cemetery during HS2 project

          UKFebruary 05, 2022
          A rare 4,000-year-old stone board game has been discovered by an Omani-Polish team of archaeologists in Oman. Photo: J. Sliwa/PCMA UW

          Archaeologists find 4,000-year-old stone board game in Oman

          OmanJanuary 12, 2022
          A dense ‘funerary avenue’ flanked by Bronze Age tombs, leading out of al Wadi Oasis near Khaybar in north-west Saudi Arabia. Photo: Royal Commission for AlUla
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          Archaeologists in planes help to reveal ancient ‘highways’ in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla

          Saudi ArabiaJanuary 11, 2022
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