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Archaeology

All the latest news and stories on archaeology

‘Seeing it like this makes our history come alive’
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‘Seeing it like this makes our history come alive’

UAEFebruary 04, 2016
Step back in time at Qasr Al Hosn Festival
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Step back in time at Qasr Al Hosn Festival

UAEFebruary 02, 2016
A team of German archaeologists in Wadi Al Hilo in Sharjah. Work at the Bronze Age site uncovered copper smelting workshops, hammers, anvils and other tools. Photos courtesy Sharjah Department of Culture and Information

Sharjah excavations unearth objects dated as early as 8,000BC

UAEJanuary 05, 2016
500 tombs dating back 2,000 years found in Umm Al Quwain
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500 tombs dating back 2,000 years found in Umm Al Quwain

UAEDecember 28, 2015
King Tut’s tomb
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King Tut’s tomb may lead to Egypt’s lost Queen Nefertiti – video

WorldNovember 29, 2015
Inside the fort during a preview of Qasr Al Muwaiji, the birthplace of Sheikh Khalifa. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National
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Qasr Al Muwaiji opens its doors - video

UAENovember 16, 2015
Qasr Al Muwaiji: these walls can now talk
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Qasr Al Muwaiji: these walls can now talk

UAENovember 15, 2015
The site in Amphipolis, Northern Greece where archaeologists last year unearthed a funeral mound dating from the time of Alexander the Great. Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP Photo

Greek tomb remains a mystery amid financial crisis

WorldAugust 13, 2015
The bodies of eruption victims are displayed in the ruins of ancient Pompeii on August 5, 2015. Mario Laporta/AFP Photo

Pompeii rises again from the ashes

WorldAugust 08, 2015
Man’s migration out of Africa and into Arabia- graphic

Man’s migration out of Africa and into Arabia- graphic

UAEJuly 11, 2015

Out of Africa and into Arabia

UAEJuly 11, 2015
The long read: Out of Arabia, the story of early humanity
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The long read: Out of Arabia, the story of early humanity

May 28, 2015
Abu Dhabi’s Dr Amal Al Qubaisi wants Emiratis to be trained up to survey construction plots for antiquities. Lee Hoagland / The National

Archaeological surveys come first

GovernmentMay 20, 2015
Chad Hill, an archaeologist at the University of Connecticut, operates a drone to survey looting at a 5,000-year-old cemetery known as Fifa in southern Jordan. Mr Hill to take photographs of how looting has altered the landscape. Sam McNeil/AP Photo

Battle of the drones and bones in Jordan

WorldApril 07, 2015
This 2013 photo shows graduate student Chalachew Seyoum holding a 2.8 million years old jawbone fragment he found at an archaeological dig in Ethiopia. Chalachew Seyoum/AP Photo

Fossil find dates man back 2.8 million years

WorldMarch 05, 2015
Emirati archaeologists Bakheeta Al Mansoori, left, and Myriam Al Dhaheri. Satish Kumar / The National

Emirati archaeology students get in touch with their land

UAEMarch 04, 2015
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