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Stonehenge. Angkor Wat. The Great Pyramid of Giza. Those of us who grew up in Western cultures tend to think of archaeology as the study of a place — a point on the map where edifices or ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Excavations in Tajikistan have unveiled a city of merchant princes that flourished from the fifth to the eighth century A.D. An 8th-century A.D. mural unearthed at the city of Panjakent in modern ...

HAMMAR, SWEDEN—Newsweek reports that a Neolithic ceremonial site estimated to be between 5,000 and 5,500 years old has been discovered in southern Sweden. The large causewayed enclosure is ...

A Banbury author has given a ‘no holds barred’ insight into the tension and mistrust between archeology and metal detecting.

Under the patronage of Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, the Ministry of ...

The heavily damaged inscription, written in the Old Phrygian language, is carved into Arslan Kaya or “Lion Rock”, a 2,600-year-old monument in western Turkey that features sphinx figures and an image ...

Madurai, which was known for its ancient culture and tradition, got its current name only in the years during A.D, said R.

Sanghol village excavation happened two years after the 1984 riots in an attempt to dilute the tension. Before that, ...

The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical properties. It was used in the worship of the goddess Hathor, mythological... The ...

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