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Turkey places site of Alexander the Great’s first battle with Persians under historic protection
Under the Çanakkale Regional Board for the Protection of Cultural Heritage’s decision, both the battlefield and its surrounding areas have gained the protected status.
Israel damaged heritage sites during ops. against Hezbollah, Lebanese culture minister says
Ancient stone at Tel Eton may provide new proof of King Hezekiah’s religious reform, study suggests
AI helps recover complete text of Herculaneum scroll burnt by Mount Vesuvius
Bronze scale pan found in ancient Sussiya reveals how biblical law shaped daily Jewish life
Neta, a second-grader at the regional school in Sussiya, and her father, Nachshon, discovered the pan inside a residential building near the town’s main street.
Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert
The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE.
Second Temple workshop found on Israel's Mount Scopus during investigation into antiquities thieves
The workshop was discovered at the Ras Tamim archaeological site on the eastern slope of Mount Scopus.
On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings
Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Cambridge students find burial pit, 9th century ‘giant’ who underwent surgery during training dig
The pit is believed to have been from a time of conflict “between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia, which was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 [CE]."
Zapotec tomb from 600 CE marks Mexico’s most ‘significant archaeological discovery’ in last decade
The Zapotecs were a major pre-Hispanic civilization that flourished in Oaxaca from circa 700-500 BC until the Spanish conquest.
German archaeologists discover medieval tunnel system inside Neolithic burial site
Thousands of similar tunnel systems have been discovered across Europe and despite this, their purpose has been subject to decades of theory and debate.
Stone seal from biblical Kingdom of Judea discovered during construction in northern Israel
The seal, which is made of a light brown gemstone, is thought by archaeologists to have been “hung like a necklace around its owner’s neck,” and decoratively divided into three.
Researchers discover world’s oldest sewn hide, dated to Ice Age, in Oregon caves - study
Through carbon dating, researchers have ruled that the artifacts are between approximately 11,700 and 12,900 years old, a time when Ice Age temperatures had returned after a brief warm period.
Authorities reveal discovery of fourth century Roman shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast
According to the ministry, the site has been under constant monitoring by Italy’s financial police to “protect the site from possible looting and to preserve its enormous scientific value.”
