Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign delegations visiting Egypt, antiquities authorities announced Tuesday.Among the discoveries was the largest mud brick temple found in the Sinai with an area of 70 [...]

The discovery of a remarkably well-preserved monumental temple in Turkey — thought to be constructed during the time of King Solomon in the 10th/9th-centuries BCE — sheds light on the so-called Dark Age.Uncovered by the University of Toronto’s Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP) in the summer of 2008, the discovery casts doubt upon the traditional view [...]

Des archéologues israéliens ont annoncé avoir découvert une représentation royale aux traits féminins, suggérant qu’une femme aurait été reine au pays de Canaan, contrairement au récit biblique qui ne fait mention que de rois.Il s’agit d’une plaque de céramique sur laquelle est dessinée cette figure royale, mise au jour en 2008, lors de fouilles à [...]

Le groupe d’archéologie de Biggar a découvert le village le plus ancien du pays. D’après l’analyse des silex trouvés sur le site, il daterait de 14 000 ans.
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Des fouilles archéologiques commenceront dans quelques jours afin de retrouver les dépouilles d’un couple historique: la reine égyptienne Cléopâtre et son amoureux, le général romain Marc-Antoine.Le Conseil suprême des antiquités égyptiennes a identifié trois sites de Taposiris Magna, une cité antique proche d’Alexandrie, où pourraient être enterrés les amants au destin tragique.
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Evidence of an ancient religious settlement has been discovered by archaeologists working at a visitor attraction in Argyll.The finds were revealed at the end of a seven year refurbishment project at Crarae Garden near Inverarary. The National Trust for Scotland, which owns the garden, said a ditch and stone bank dating back to the 7th [...]

In Ancient Rome lions ate Christians, so we are told. But what did early Christians eat? A lot of fish, according to recent research on bones from the Roman catacombs.
“The eating habits of Rome’s early Christians are more complex than has traditionally been assumed,” say Leonard Rutgers and his colleagues in The Journal of [...]

Tel Aviv University archaeologists Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr. Zvi Lederman of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations have uncovered an unusual ceramic plaque of a goddess in female dress, suggesting that a mighty female “king” may have ruled the city. If true, they say, the plaque would depict the only known [...]

The earthquake that killed scores of people in centra Italy today has severely damaged a series of important historic buildings, including a famous medieval church and one of the country’s best-preserved Renaissance castles.At least four old churches were damaged in the 6.3-magnitude quake that struck early this morning, the culture ministry in Rome said.Among them [...]

Drought and dams have vastly shrunk a lake in Iraq’s western Anbar province, revealing ancient dwellings and burial sites that archaeologists fear will now be targeted by thieves.”We found recently opened graves with destroyed grave items around. We found some bones scattered nearby. Some of this is due to the water, but this was also [...]