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Ancient Tableau of Boats Found in Egypt
Archeologists have recently discovered 120 drawings of boats in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that would've once housed a 65-foot-long vessel.
Archaeology
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Archaeologists Find 2,800-Year-Old Sarcophagus of an Ancient Court Advisor
The exquisitely decorated coffin was discovered near the pharaonic temple of Thutmose III and still contains the remains of its owner.
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1,800-Year-Old Mosaic Portraits of the Dead Unearthed in Turkey
Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis at the site of the historic the historic Urfa castle in the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa found mosaic portraits of two men and two women.
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ISIS Leveled Ancient Assyrian Ziggurat
New satellite images show that the 140-foot-tall mud brick structure was decimated, likely by bulldozers, over the last three months.
Art
A 19th-Century Photographer's Journey Through Jerusalem's Layered History
In 1854, Auguste Salzmann traveled to Jerusalem to search for the biblical history visible in the city's architecture.
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Explore a Digital Reconstruction of a Roman Banker's Lavish Pompeii Home
The house of a Roman banker known as Lucius Caecilius Jucundus was among the many in Pompeii ruined when Vesuvius erupted, but you can now examine the grand estate as it once stood intact.
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Over 1,200 Archaeologists and Museum Staff Condemn Destruction Wrought by Dakota Pipeline
In a letter released today, 1,281 archaeologists, museum directors and staff, anthropologists, and historians expressed their solidarity against the destruction at Standing Rock by the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Archaeologists in Turkey Find Neolithic Female Statuette Intact
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, consists of two settlement mounds — the remains of houses continually built over old ones — that have yielded many treasures since archaeologists began excavations in the 1960s.
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A Maya Codex Found in a Cave Is Authentic, Researchers Say
In the 1960s, looters searching a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, came across a rare, ancient codex rich with illustrations of weapon-wielding deities.
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Newly Discovered Ancient Mosaic of Chariot Race Is Most Complete of Its Kind
Archaeologists with Cyprus's Department of Antiquities recently came across a rare, sweeping mosaic floor that depicts the ancient sport of chariot racing held in a Roman hippodrome.
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Egypt's Oldest Written Papyri Reveal Routines of Great Pyramid Builders
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has unveiled the country's oldest written papyri that archaeologists have found so far, placing the delicate fragments on display last month.
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1,400-Square-Foot Roman Mosaic of Hercules's Labors Found in Cyprus
Construction crews working on the sewage system beneath the southern coastal city of Larnaca in Cyprus recently found themselves face-to-face with Roman-era scenes of toil: a large-scale mosaic floor of the Labors of Hercules dating to the 2nd century CE.