For much of his career, University of Kentucky Professor of Anthropology Christopher Pool has been fascinated by Mexico's ancient Olmec culture, with its gargantuan heads sculpted in stone and more mundane relics its artisans ...
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Italian art conservationists have restored two funerary busts from the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria that were badly damaged by members of the Islamic State group.
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Feb 16, 2017
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An international research team at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, is exploring the remains of an ancient city in central Greece. The results can change the view of an area that traditionally ...
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Dec 13, 2016
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Egyptian archeologists have discovered a Pharaonic village and cemetery once used by officials tasked with building royal tombs.
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Nov 23, 2016
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Oct 13, 2016
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Archaeologists have discovered several medieval cities, buried beneath the forest floor in Cambodia: the largest is said to rival the modern Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in size. It's a monumental discovery, based on two ...
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Jun 14, 2016
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Satellite and drone images have led to a new discovery in the ancient city of Petra—a massive man-made stone platform hidden under sand.
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Jun 11, 2016
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A 2,000-year-old triumphal arch destroyed by the Islamic State group in Syria has risen again—in replica—in London's Trafalgar Square.
Archaeology
Apr 19, 2016
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After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by Islamic State group, the collections at the Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important. It's now one of the only places you can find relics from ...
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Apr 7, 2016
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Architects seeking solutions for sustainable living in the 21st century are taking notes from the ancient city of Caral in Peru, an engineering marvel built some 5,000 years ago.
Archaeology
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