In the shadow of Jerusalem’s city walls, archaeologists have found a fortress that spawned a bloody rebellion more than two millennia ago. Jerusalem, IsraelIsraeli archaeologists
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Amid conflict with ISIS and a budget crisis, Iraqi officials hope new museum will herald a revival of the ancient port city of Basra. BASRA,
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BASRA, Iraq After three decades of being passed around by Middle Eastern monarchs, Saddam Hussein’s yacht is now in the hands of Iraqi marine researchers.
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New clues suggest slaves were vital to the Viking way of life—and argue against attempts to soften the raiders’ brutish reputation. The ancient reputation of
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Ancient sites in contested areas are more vulnerable to looting and destruction than those in ISIS-controlled territory. Videos of Islamic State militants shattering ancient statues
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Archaeologists hail the burial, untouched for 3,500 years, as the biggest discovery on mainland Greece in decades. The text message from the trench supervisor to
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Artifacts suggest some members of ill-fated English settlement survived and assimilated with Native Americans. The search began when an anxious Englishman named John White waded
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Workers are trying to protect key religious sites damaged in the recent earthquakes before the rains come. High on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, the golden-spired
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A small band of Syrian villagers fight poverty, war, and the elements to protect an ancient site. Amid the death, despair, and destruction that mark
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