The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt—the largest empire of its time—collapsed after more than two centuries of dominance at the fall of its capital, Nineveh, in 612 B.C.E.
Archaeology
Nov 14, 2019
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In a new excavation project undertaken by German and Italian researchers, LMU archaeologists Paul Scheding and Francesca Diosono have uncovered evidence suggesting that Terracina was the site of the first Hellenistic temple ...
Archaeology
Nov 11, 2019
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More than 3,500 years ago, a rising kingdom called the Hittite Empire was expanding, testing the limits of its strength. It would soon destroy Babylon, but first, its army sacked and burned a city nestled in the mountains ...
Archaeology
Aug 30, 2019
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I used to be a Near Eastern archaeologist working in Syria. Nowadays, I am stuck in academic purgatory, observing from a great distance as the country burns, unable to help protect its history or its present.
Archaeology
Aug 12, 2019
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Archaeological excavation has, historically, operated in a very hierarchical structure, according to archaeologist Allison Mickel. The history of the enterprise is deeply entangled with Western colonial and imperial pursuits, ...
Archaeology
Apr 22, 2019
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Notre Dame in Paris is not the first great cathedral to suffer a devastating fire, and it probably won't be the last.
Archaeology
Apr 16, 2019
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Deep in the West Bank, Israeli settlers have transformed an archaeological site into a biblical tourist attraction that attracts tens of thousands of evangelical Christians each year.
Archaeology
Mar 27, 2019
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Egypt says archaeologists have uncovered an ancient workshop used to build and repair ships that dates back to the Ptolemaic era (332 B.C.-30 B.C.) in the Sinai Peninsula.
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2019
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Egypt says archaeologists have uncovered two ancient tombs dating back to the Roman period in the country's Western Desert.
Archaeology
Jan 15, 2019
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Jerusalem's Franciscan friars have opened a new museum filled with artifacts related to daily life in Jesus' time.
Archaeology
Jul 8, 2018
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