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              Archaeology

              All the latest news and stories on archaeology

              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
              Archaeologists found several precious objects and hundreds of silver coins. AFP

              Israeli archaeologists find treasures in ancient shipwrecks

              MENADecember 22, 2021
              An archaeology team excavate pottery known to be from Dadan and Lihyan civilisations in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2021. Photo: Reuters

              Saudi Arabia could have ‘hundreds of thousands’ of archaeological finds

              GulfNovember 08, 2021
              The gold coins, along with four other objects, unearthed by metal detectors in west Norfolk. Photo: PA

              England's largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins unearthed

              UKNovember 03, 2021
              The Journey Through Time masterplan connects five distinct districts in Al Ula in north-west Saudi Arabia. Courtesy RCU
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              Archaeologists describe ancient Saudi Arabia's mysteries

              Saudi ArabiaNovember 02, 2021
              The walls of Ptah-M-Wiah's tomb at Saqqara necropolis. The painting depicts a sacrificial procession. Photo: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

              Egypt unearths tomb of Ramses II's royal treasurer at Saqqara necropolis

              EgyptOctober 31, 2021
              One of the Roman sculptures found at St Mary's Church in Stoke Mandeville. Photo: PA

              Roman sculptures found in abandoned church on high-speed rail route

              UKOctober 28, 2021
              Carvings discovered on the walls of an ancient irrigation canal discovered by a team of Kurdish and Italian archaeologists near Faydeh in the Nineveh area of northern Iraq. Photo: AFP
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              Archaeologists in Iraq discover ancient wine press and giant carvings

              IraqOctober 25, 2021
              Ancient coins from the Abbasid dynasty were discovered in pottery by a team from Sharjah Archaeology Authority. Photo: Wam
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              1,000-year-old Islamic coins discovered in Sharjah

              HeritageSeptember 29, 2021
              Scientists say the presence of fossils of hippopotamuses show that the Arabian Peninsula once hosted year-round lakes and grasslands. AFP

              Hippo fossils confirm how Arabian Peninsula drew early humans from Africa

              MENASeptember 10, 2021
              Recently recovered antiquities are displayed at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. AP
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              Iraqi National Museum retrieves ancient Mesopotamian treasures

              IraqAugust 03, 2021
              A diver examines the remains of an ancient military vessel discovered in the Mediterranean sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Reuters

              Egypt discovers ancient warship in sunken city off Alexandria

              MENAJuly 19, 2021
              The mummy of Ramesses II, son of Seti I, on display at the Cairo Museum in April 2006. The mummy was discovered with the other royal mummies in the Deir el Bahari hiding place. Getty Images
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              Seven of Egypt's most famous mummies and their incredible histories

              EgyptApril 05, 2021
              A 17th century Arabian silver coin that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen. The coin was found in 2014 by metal detectorist Jim Bailey, who says it was plundered in 1695 by English pirate Henry Every from Muslim pilgrims sailing home to India. AP

              Pirate who killed Hajj pilgrims at sea traced after 300 years

              MENAApril 02, 2021
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