Saudi Arabia discovers 9,000 year-old civilization

2011-08-24T11:30:12Z

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is excavating a new archeological site that will show horses were domesticated 9,000 years ago in the Arabian peninsula, the country's antiquities expert said Wednesday.

Israelis link ancient sword to fall of Herod's temple

2011-08-08T13:30:34Z

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a Roman sword from the time of the destruction of the second Jewish temple in 70 AD, officials said on Monday as Jews prepared to mourn the anniversary.

The Israel Antiquities Authority said that the 60-centimetre (23.6-inch) long weapon and its leather scabbard were found during excavations in a 2,000-year-old drainage channel in the City of D...

U.S. returns recovered artifacts taken from Iraq

2011-07-07T16:00:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An ancient bead necklace, terra cotta tablets from ancient Babylonia depicting Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, and posters of deposed leader Saddam Hussein were among artifacts that U.S. officials returned to the Iraqi government on Thursday.

The repatriation of the relics -- some as old as 4...

Iraq's ancient Ur treasures 'in danger'

2011-06-19T06:30:19Z

Standing before the imposing ziggurat which was once part of a temple complex at the Sumerian capital of Ur, Iraqi archaeologist Abdelamir Hamdani worried about the natural elements that are eating away at one of the wonders of Mesopotamia.

"Is there anybody thinking about preserving these monuments?" asked the doctoral student from New York's <...

Sands, not lights, cover Gaza archaeology sites

2011-04-14T04:00:18Z

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) - Five thousand years of fascinating history lie beneath the sands of the Gaza Strip, from blinded biblical hero Samson to British general Allenby.

The flat, sandy lands on the Mediterranean's southeastern shore have been ruled by Ancient Egyptians, Philistines, Romans, B...

2,000-year-old nails 'may be tied to crucifixion'

2011-04-13T13:30:49Z

Two Roman nails dating back 2000 years, found in the burial cave of the Jewish high priest who handed Jesus over to the Romans, may be linked to the crucifixion, an Israeli filmmaker has claimed.

The gnarled bits of iron, which measure around three inches (eight centimetres) each, were shown to reporters in Jerusalem on Tuesday at the premier of a television documentary series examining the question of whether they coul...

Film claims discovery of nails from Jesus's cross

2011-04-12T02:30:07Z

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Could two of the nails used to crucify Jesus have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem?

And could they have mysteriously disappeared for 20 years, only to turn up by chance in a Tel Aviv laboratory?

That is the premise of the new document...

Museums on high alert for ancient Egyptian loot

2011-02-02T14:00:22Z

LONDON (Reuters) - International museums are on high alert for looted Egyptian artifacts and some archaeologists have even offered to fly to the country to help safeguard its ancient treasures, museums said on Wednesday.

Egypt has been rocked by an unprecedented nine days of demonstrations against JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The pursuit of a gang of grave robbers has led to the discovery of an ancient church outside Jerusalem that may contain the burial place of the biblical prophet Zechariah, Israeli authorities said Wednesday.

The hill-top church was destroyed by an earthquake some 1,300 years ago and lay partly buried until detectives fro...

Ancient toolkit offers new clues to humans' journey

2011-01-27T17:30:26Z

An ancient toolkit unearthed in the United Arab Emirates suggests modern humans may have left Africa over 100,000 years ago, much earlier than typically thought, researchers said Thursday.

The findings by a team of British and German archeologists have sparked debate among scientists over whether they provide sufficient evidence that homo sapiens could have traveled d...

Jerusalem dig completes tunnel under Old City wall

2011-01-25T10:30:27Z

Israeli archaeologists have finished work on a tunnel which starts at a site near the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound inside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, officials said on Tuesday.

The controversial 600-metre (-yard) tunnel, originally built as a drainage channel during the Second Temple period, starts at an archaeological site just south of the area known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif

Researchers: Ancient human remains found in Israel

2010-12-27T10:00:14Z

Israeli archaeologists: Ancient teeth may provide oldest evidence of human remains

Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man.

A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said Monday they found teeth about 400,000 years old. The earliest Hom...

Israel to fund historical renovations in occupied areas

2010-12-21T16:30:48Z

Israel approved funding on Tuesday for renovations at 16 historical and cultural sites, including three in the occupied West Bank and the Golan Heights, the government said.

"A ministerial committee headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today appr...

Roman-era statue discovered after storm in Israel

2010-12-14T12:30:12Z

Roman-era marble statue discovered after ruins toppled by storm in Israel

Israel's antiquities authority says a storm that raked over part of an archaeological dig this week has exposed a 1,700-year-old statue.

The headless marble statue of a woman was found buried in the sand by a resident walking near the shore in the southern city of Ashkelon

Ancient relics will delay huge Afghan copper mine

2010-12-05T08:00:12Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Safeguarding ancient Buddhist relics at a huge Chinese-run copper mine in Afghanistan could take three years and delay the country's biggest foreign investment project, the Afghan mining minister said on Sunday.

Archaeologists recently uncovered Buddhist remains at Aynak mine southwest of

Israeli archaeologists find ancient pool

2010-11-22T05:32:10Z

Israeli archaeologists find ancient Roman pool at proposed ritual bath site

Israeli archaeologists examining the site for new municipal ritual bath in Jerusalem's Old City found a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman swimming pool.

The discovery sheds a rare light on the classical era city the Romans built after destroying the second Jewish Temple in 70 A.D. and expelling the Jews ...

Israel to invest $23m in Western Wall plaza

2010-11-21T14:30:34Z

Israel's cabinet on Sunday backed plans to invest millions of shekels in a five-year project to develop the Western Wall plaza, in a project branded by the Palestinians as "illegal."

The plans to improve access to both the Wall and to nearby archaeological sites were outlined in a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, which said it would ...

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Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find

2010-11-14T21:30:33Z

Archaeologists race to save old Buddhist artifacts threatened by Chinese mine in Afghanistan

It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery. A Chinese woman in slacks, carrying an umbrella against the Afghan sun, politely inquired about their progress.

She had more than a passing interest. The w...

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S.Arabia discovers ancient Pharaonic inscriptions

2010-11-08T08:00:45Z

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has discovered its first hieroglyphic inscriptions mentioning an Egyptian pharaoh dating back more than 3,000 years on a rock near the northern city of Tabuk, state media reported.

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2010-11-04T14:47:58Z

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Israeli archaeologist dies after dig accident

2010-10-29T03:00:10Z

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ehud Netzer, a leading Israeli archaeologist who is credited with having found the tomb of the biblical King Herod, has died after falling during a dig at an ancient palace, hospital staff said Friday.

Netzer, 76, died late Thursday, ...

Ehud Netzer, noted Israeli archaeologist, dies

2010-10-29T02:00:28Z

Ehud Netzer, noted Israeli archaeologist who discovered Herod's tomb, dies after fall at site

Ehud Netzer, an Israeli archaeologist best known for excavating King Herod's winter palace and discovering the monarch's tomb there, has died after falling at the site this week. He was 76.

Netzer led numerous high-profile digs over decade...

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Noted Israeli archaeologist dies after fall

2010-10-28T14:01:20Z

Noted Israeli archaeologist dies of injuries from fall at site of King Herod-era excavation

Israel's government has announced that a leading archaeologist has died of injuries suffered in a fall during a dig.

Ehud Netzer was directing an excavation at the King Herod-era site near Bethlehem Monday when he fell 10 fee...

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2010-10-08T09:30:56Z

Cheap flights to Jordan form London sell like hot cakes while the rest of Europe also has sees a tug-of-war for cheap flight fares to Jordan in holiday seasons. The Top Picks Yet there's so much more to see in Jordan - ruined Roman cities, Crusader castles, desert citadels and influential biblical...

Iraq recovers 600 artefacts mistakenly stored in warehouse

2010-09-21T15:00:26Z

Iraq has recovered more than 600 historical artefacts that had been stolen and then recovered but mistakenly stored in a warehouse in the country for around two years, a minister said on Monday.

The 638 items include statues, spearheads and glass cups that were taken from Iraq and actually returned to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office in late 2008, but only accoun...

Iraq finds missing artifacts in premier's storage

2010-09-21T14:31:19Z

Artifacts smuggled out of Iraq, recovered and lost again are found in prime minister's storage

More than 600 ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of Iraq, recovered and lost again have been found misplaced among kitchen supplies in storage at the prime minister's office, the antiquities minister said Monday.

The 638 items include pieces of jewelry, bronze figurines and cylindrical seals from the world's most ancien...

Traces of Buddhist Afghanistan

2010-09-21T11:48:48Z

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12th century fresco from Monastery of Miriam in Gethsemane courtyard displayed in the renewed Israel Museum

2010-10-14T13:04:19Z

An impressive 9m X 2.7m fresco discovered in excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) in the Monastery of Miriam in the Gethsemane courtyard in Jerusalem was put on display for the first time when the renewed Israel Museum opened its doors to the public on July 26, 2010.

During salvage excavations next to the Garden of Gethsemane in 1999, under the direction of IAA Jerusalem region archaeologist Jon Seligman, several buildings dating to the twelfth century that were p...

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2010-11-05T11:23:52Z

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2010-11-05T10:04:56Z

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2010-11-02T16:05:54Z

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2010-09-12T00:51:38Z

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Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts

2010-09-07T14:30:36Z

Iraq displays artifacts recovered from wartime looting frenzy including 4,000-year-old statue

Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing

Hundreds of looted artifacts returned to Iraq

2010-09-07T04:30:13Z

Looted artifacts returned to Iraq, including 4,400-year-old statue stolen during US invasion

Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts looted from museums and archaeological sites across the country have been returned to Iraq.

More than 500 pieces are on display at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king discovered in the 1920s at...

Jordan unearths 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple

2010-09-01T22:45:18Z

Archaeologists in Jordan say they have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple

Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age temple with a trove of figurines of ancient deities and circular clay vessels used for religious rituals, officials said Wednesday.

The head of the Jord...

Archaeological Looting In Iraq

2010-09-09T05:17:18Z

Sites affected

Adab - an ancient city plagued by hundreds of looters.

Babylon - saw the construction of "a 150-hectare camp for 2,000 troops. In the process the 2,500-year-old brick pavement to the Ishtar Gate was smashed by tanks and the gate itself damaged. The archaeology-rich subsoil was bulldozed to fill sandbags, and large areas covered in compacted gravel for helipads and car parks. Babylon is being rendered archaeologically barren" (Simon Jenkins in The Guardian, ...

Baghdad Battery

2010-10-14T13:37:15Z

Description and dating

The artifacts consist of terracotta jars approximately 130 mm (5 in) tall (with a one and a half inch mouth) containing a copper cylinder made of a rolled-up copper sheet, which houses a single iron rod. At the top, the iron rod is isolated from the copper by bitumen plugs or stoppers, and both rod and cylinder fit snugly inside the opening of the jar, which bulges outward towards the middle. The copper cylinder is not watertight, so if the jar was filled with ...

Remains of Ancient Feast to Honor Dead Shaman Discovered

2010-09-11T11:38:36Z

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12,000-year-old tortoise banquet unearthed

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Afghan archaeologists find Buddhist site as war rages

2010-08-17T02:00:10Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Afghanistan, where Taliban Islamists are fighting the Western-backed government, have uncovered Buddhist-era remains in an area south of Kabul, an official said on Tuesday.

"There is a temple, stupas, beautiful rooms, big and small st...

2,200-year-old gold coin found in Israel

2010-08-11T11:15:54Z

A rare gold coin dating back more than two millennia to the year 191 BC has been found at a dig in northern Israel, the antiquities authority said on Wednesday.

"The coin is beautiful and in excellent preservation. It is the heaviest gold coin with the highest contemporary value of any coin ever found in an excavation in Israel," Dr Donald T. Ariel, head of the authority's coin depar...

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2010-09-11T12:36:50Z

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Israel Museum has new look at history of Holy Land

2010-08-06T09:30:14Z

JERUSALEM (Reuters Life!) - A new Jerusalem exhibit displaying a million years of history in the Holy Land offers Bible buffs and skeptics alike a chance to say: "I told you so!"

The Israel Museum, fresh-faced after a three-year, $100 million upgrade, offers an unparalleled look ...

What do Archaeologists do?

2010-11-05T09:26:52Z

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Rare Crusader fresco unveiled at Israeli museum

2010-07-26T08:15:12Z

Rare Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane unveiled at Israeli museum

A rare Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane has been unveiled to the public for the first time.

The fresco depicts the Deisis, a famous Biblical scene featuring Jesus, Mary, and Iran's Farah Pahlavi, widow of Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, right, and her son Alireza Pahlavi, are seen during Prince Raini...

Qatar ATP Open Tennis

2011-01-04T10:32:33Z

Slovakia's Karol Beck serves the ball to Rafael Nadal of Spain during the Qatar ATP Open Tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Mideast Israel Palestinians

2011-01-04T09:32:05Z

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

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Afghanistan

2011-01-04T06:02:28Z

Afghan police officers look for clues near the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The bomb exploded in central Kabul early Tuesday, killing one police officer and wounding three other people, a government official said, on the one-year anniversary of the country's constitution.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Copyright 2011 Givatayim near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and will extend across much of Europe. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Ancient Artifacts That They Don't Want You To See

The Deadliest Animal

Arabian Horse

bible secrets

World's Oldest Musical Instruments

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The Philistines

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