Topic: Middle East
Archaeologists in Jordan say they have unearthed a 3,000-year-old Iron Age templeArchaeologists 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 ...
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 statues, two with ...
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 ...
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, ...
Rare Crusader-era fresco from Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane unveiled at Israeli museumA 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, ...
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient clay fragment dating back some 3,400 years, the oldest-ever sample of writing found in the Holy City, Israeli researchers said on Monday. The tiny fragment measures two centimetres by 2.8 cm (about one square inch) ...
The planned demolition of Palestinian houses in east Jerusalem, as part of an archaeological project, is "an obstacle to peace," EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Wednesday. Jewish "settlements and the demolition of homes are illegal under international law, constitute an ...
Israeli police clashed on Sunday with some 200 Palestinian protesters in an Arab neighbourhood of east Jerusalem that is the planned site of a controversial archaeological park, police said. The protesters threw stones and fire bombs at a Jewish home in the ...
Monuments and history from across the centuries in LebanonLebanon has been conquered and colonized many times over in the last three millennia. Among the famous invaders: Alexander the Great, Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar and the Muslim warrior Saladin. Others include Persians, Romans, Egyptians, ...
A senior Western archaeologist in Afghanistan says he is struggling to protect a vast wealth of cultural treasures from being stolen and smuggled to wealthier countries, or worse, destroyed altogether. "I think there is absolutely no site in this country which is ...
