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              Archaeology

              All the latest news and stories on archaeology

              The AlUla World Archaeology Summit will be held at Maraya. AFP

              Saudi Arabia announces inaugural archaeology summit in AlUla

              Arts & CultureAugust 11, 2023
              Hesham Sallam, right, with fellow Egyptian paleontologists Abdullah Gohar, left, and Mohamed Sameh and holotype fossils of the extinct Tutcetus rayanensis at the American University in Cairo. AFP

              Scientists discover ancient Egyptian miniature whale

              EgyptAugust 10, 2023
              Clay jars found at the site of the wreck are believed to have contained wine being transported between Egypt and Greece. Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

              Remains of ancient merchant ship discovered in sea near El Alamein

              MENAAugust 06, 2023
              A fossil of entangled psittacosaurus dinosaur and repenomamus mammal skeletons found in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted down dinosaur meat for dinner. Pictures: Canadian Museum of Nature/AP

              Fossil shows moment brave mammal tried to eat a dinosaur

              WorldJuly 19, 2023
              Chavin de Huantar, a Unesco World Heritage site, is about 430km north of Lima, Peru. Reuters

              Archaeologists in Peru find ancient tunnel in mountain temple

              WorldJuly 13, 2023
              In its heyday, El Jem Roman Colosseum in Tunisia could accommodate 30,000 spectators. Photo: Ghaya Ben Mbarek / The National

              Postcard from Tunisia: El Jem is an ancient reminder of human ingenuity

              WeekendJuly 07, 2023
              The head of a colossal statue of Ramses II displayed at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. AFP

              Stolen fragment of 3,400-year-old statue returned to Egypt

              EgyptJuly 03, 2023
              Iraqi Culture Minister Ahmed Fakak Al Badrani displays the 2,800-year-old stone tablet at a press conference in Baghdad. AFP

              Italy returns 2,800-year-old stone tablet smuggled from Iraq

              WorldJune 18, 2023
              The 3,000-year-old Babylonian-era ziggurat of Aqar Quf towers above the landscape in Abu Ghraib town, 30km west of Baghdad. All photos: EPA
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              Iraq's battle to preserve a 3,000-year-old temple - in pictures

              MENAJune 17, 2023
              Major New Abu Dhabi Archaeological Discoveries Reveal Sites and Artefacts from Iron Age and Pre-Islamic Period.
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              Artefacts found at ancient burial site in Abu Dhabi

              HeritageJune 16, 2023
              A 4,200-year-old decorated stone slab which was smuggled out of Egypt in 2001 after being discovered by a French archaeological mission.

              Egyptian delegation in Paris to retrieve 4,200-year-old murals

              MENAJune 12, 2023
              Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Grieken. Jun 8, 2023. Mike Bink

              Dutch museum hopes to change Egypt's ban on Saqqara excavation

              EgyptJune 08, 2023
              Build in 1269 at the start of Mamluk rule in Egypt, the Zaher Baybars Mosque's renovation cost more than 237 million Egyptian pounds. Kamal Tabikha/The National

              Egypt's Zaher Baybars mosque reopens after 15-year restoration

              EgyptJune 04, 2023
              A reconstruction of Tutankhamun by Cicero Moraes. Photo: Cicero Moraes

              Tutankhamun's 'delicate' face reconstructed digitally for first time

              EgyptJune 01, 2023
              Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, displays a newly discovered wooden coffin at the Saqqara necropolis south-east of Cairo. Mahmoud Nasr / The National
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              Embalming rooms for humans and animals among latest finds at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis

              EgyptMay 27, 2023
              Giant gorgonopsian Inostrancevia with its dicynodont prey, scaring off the much smaller African species Cyonosaurus. Matt Celeskey.

              Ancient predator's 11,000km journey a message for our times

              WorldMay 22, 2023
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