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              Archaeology

              All the latest news and stories on archaeology

              The bust of Nefertiti was unearthed in Egypt in 1912 before being taken to Germany. Reuters

              There is no good reason to prevent Nefertiti's return to Egypt

              EditorialSeptember 11, 2024
              Radar and satellite technology was used to find out about the history of the Saruq Al Hadid site in Dubai. Photo: Khalifa University

              Radar and satellite shed new light on the UAE's fascinating past

              UAEAugust 26, 2024
              A scan of the famous 'Screaming Woman' mummy, excavated in Egypt in the 1930s. The mummy was the subject of a report conducted by specialists at Cairo University's Kasr Al Ainy Hospital. Photo: Frontiers in Medicine

              Egyptian mummy's 'screaming' expression may hint at agonising death

              MENAAugust 02, 2024
              Antiquities recently recovered from the US, announced in a recent trip by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, are displayed in Baghdad. All photos: AP
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              Iraq retrieves ancient Mesopotamian treasures

              MENAJuly 08, 2024
              The picture of the coffin that led to its theft being uncovered. Photo: Petrie Museum, UCL

              A 100-year-old photo exposes theft of ancient Egyptian coffin

              MENAJuly 03, 2024
              Archaeological findings indicate Jabal Kaf Addor rock shelter in the Al Habhab region was occupied from 13,000 years ago. Photo: Wam

              Scientists find ancient settlements in Fujairah

              UAEJune 25, 2024
              The joint Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission working in the vicinity of the Aga Khan’s Mausoleum, west of Aswan, succeeded in uncovering a number of previously unknown family tombs dating back to the late and Greco-Roman eras. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt

              Dozens of ancient Egyptian tombs unearthed in Aswan

              MENAJune 25, 2024
              Nick Donaldson/ Getty

              Weekend Essay: How the excavation of Tu'am will help fill in the holes of our historical knowledge

              CommentJune 21, 2024
              Umm Al Quwain Department of Tourism and Archaeology
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              An ancient city dug up in the UAE links the country to its rich past

              EditorialJune 17, 2024
              Dr Lesley Gregoricka excavating a tomb near Dhank in Oman. Photo: Dr Lesley Gregoricka

              Zayed museum fund helps to reveal lost secrets of UAE's past

              UAEJune 02, 2024
              A student activist at a pro-Palestine encampment outside the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. Getty Images

              Palestine protests highlight ‘colonial legacy’ of archaeologist

              UKMay 09, 2024
              The recreated head of Shanidar Z, made by the Kennis brothers for the Netflix documentary, 'Secrets of the Neanderthals' based on scans of the reconstructed skull. PA
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              Ancient skull found in Iraq recreated as part of Netflix documentary

              ScienceMay 01, 2024
              A rendering of a stegosaurus. The unique fossil found in Morocco has asymmetric crosshatched armour and flat spikes on its tail. Getty Images

              Unique stegosaurus dinosaur fossil discovered in Morocco

              MENAApril 30, 2024
              An investigation by The National, which exposes the sheer scale of the digital black market for relics, has shown by far most of the artefacts are fake. The National

              How Facebook trade in fake relics fuels Middle East looting

              MENAApril 26, 2024
              Part of the statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, which turned up in Switzerland and has been returned to Egypt. Photo: Supreme Council of Antiquities

              Egypt recovers head of ancient Ramesses II statue

              MENAApril 22, 2024
              Researchers exploring the Umm Jirsan lava vents in Harrat Khaybar, Saudi Arabia, about 125km north of Madinah. Photo: Palaeodeserts Project

              Humans occupied Saudi lava cave complex 7,000 years ago

              GulfApril 17, 2024
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