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Archaeology

All the latest news and stories on archaeology

Hegra, Alula World Archeology Summit. photo: AlUla World Archaeology Summit

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Experts gather in AlUla amid push to become global archaeological centre

Saudi ArabiaSeptember 16, 2023

Ancient inscriptions carved into Jabal Ikmah in AlUla, which is hosting its inaugural World Archaeology Summit. Photo: AlUla World Archaeology Summit

AlUla archaeology summit unearths challenges of cultural bias

Arts & CultureSeptember 15, 2023

British Museum 'ignored requests for details of illicit items'

UKSeptember 14, 2023

A team of researchers has excavated an 'unprecedented assemblage' of skull and horn fragments in AlUla. Photo: Muhammad Al-Dajani / RCU

Neolithic sites in AlUla among region's oldest pilgrimage sites

Arts & CultureSeptember 11, 2023

The weapons were found deeply wedged behind a wall of stalactites and preserved in wood and leather scabbards. Reuters

Israel unveils 1,900-year-old Roman weapons found in cave

MENASeptember 07, 2023

Left, the canopic jar containing the remains of a woman named Senetnay, wet nurse to Pharaoh Amenhotep II. Right, the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Photo: Museum August Kestner / Alamy

Ancient Egyptian jars reveal tale of nurse buried among pharaohs

EgyptAugust 31, 2023

Hegra is known for its intricately inscribed Nabataean tombs. Photo: Discovery Channel

Hegra celebrates 15 years as Unesco World Heritage site

Arts & CultureAugust 31, 2023

Saudi Arabia has announced 'significant' discoveries, including homes and work areas, at the kingdom's Al Abla site. SPA

Saudi archaeologists claim 'significant' discoveries at Al Abla

Saudi ArabiaAugust 26, 2023

An Iraqi worker excavates a rock-carving relief at the Mashki Gate, one of the entrances to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, on the outskirts of Mosul. AFP

Mosul archaeology project uncovers 'spectacular' Assyrian relics

Arts & CultureAugust 21, 2023

The remains of the ancient sunken ship in the Mediterranean near the city of El Alamein, Egypt

How engineer and his sons found ancient ship on Egypt's north coast

EgyptAugust 15, 2023

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

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