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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 ...

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 ...

Israeli archaeologists: Ancient teeth may provide oldest evidence of human remainsIsraeli 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 ...

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 approved 16 projects and sites for ...

Roman-era marble statue discovered after ruins toppled by storm in IsraelIsrael'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 ...

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 ...

Israeli archaeologists find ancient Roman pool at proposed ritual bath siteIsraeli 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 ...

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 ...

Clad in a safari suit, sun hat, hiking boots and leather gloves, Zemaryalai Tarzi leads the way from his tent to a rectangular pit in the Bamiyan Valley of northern Afghanistan. At the base of the cliff lies the inner sanctum of ...

Scientists have successfully grown a date palm from a 2000-year-old seed dug up from the Judean desert. Once upon a time, the Dead Sea region was famous for its full-size, succulent dates. Indeed, Judean dates represented Israel's biggest export business 2000 years ...

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Topic: Middle East

Ancient toolkit offers new clues to humans' journey

Jerusalem dig completes tunnel under Old City wall

Researchers: Ancient human remains found in Israel

Israel to fund historical renovations in occupied areas

Roman-era statue discovered after storm in Israel

Ancient relics will delay huge Afghan copper mine

Israeli archaeologists find ancient pool

Israel to invest $23m in Western Wall plaza

Searching for Buddha

Ancient Palm Resurrected from 2000-Year-Old Seed

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