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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

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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