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          Archaeology

          All the latest news and stories on archaeology

          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
          An aerial view of a desert kite in Jebel Az Zilliyat, Saudi Arabia. Photo: O. Barge / CNRS
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          Ancient plans for mega structures found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia

          JordanMay 18, 2023
          University of Oxford researchers identified three new Roman fortified camps - in the typical playing card shape' - across northern Arabia. PA

          UK archaeologists discover Roman military camps in Arabian Desert

          UKApril 26, 2023
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