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A view of stone rams at Amun Temple in Naga, near the Meroë pyramids, south of the ancient city of Meroë, Sudan, on March 10, 2012. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters)

Sudanese Minister: The Louvre to Organize Exhibition on Sudan’s Antiquities

by Ahmed Younis | Feb 3, 2017 | Interviews

Khartoum – Sudanese Minister of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife Mohammed Abu Zeid Mustafa said his country would exert all possible efforts to recover looted and stolen antiquities in museums around the world, through diplomatic and legal channels. He said the...

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Skeletal and animal remains are seen at one of 12 newly discovered ancient Egyptian cemetaries dating back to the New Kingdom era at Gabal al-Silsila or Chain of Mountains area in Upper Egypt, north of Aswan, January 11, 2017, in this handout picture courtesy of the Ministry of Antiquities. The Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via Reuters

Swedish Archaeologists Discover 12 Ancient Egyptian Cemeteries near Aswan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 11, 2017 | Middle East

The Egyptian-Swedish archaeological mission from Lund University has unearthed a dozen burial sites near the southern city of Aswan that date back almost 3,500 years to the New Kingdom era of ancient Egypt, the Antiquities Ministry said on Wednesday. Human and animal...

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Al-Naslaa Rock Formation

Saudi Archeologists Discover Oldest Human Bone

by Dr. Ali Ibrahim al-Ghabban | Aug 8, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, president & chairman of the Board of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), recently announced during a speech he made at the French Académie des Beaux-Arts the discovery of old human bones in the...

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A 2010 view shows the intact Temple of Bel in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra. The temple, an ancient fusion of Near Eastern and Greco-Roman architecture named for the Mesopotamian god Bel, was dedicated in 32 AD.
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ISIS Leaves Palmyra’s Heritage Site in Rubble

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 2, 2016 | Middle East

Palmyra- ISIS has reduced most of the Palmyra’s archeological sites into rubble. Terrorist extremists fled the historical city leaving behind historical columns and statues, which had stood there for thousands of years, broken down into scattered bulks of rocks. On...