If the Aleppo room was still in Aleppo, and not a museum in Berlin, it might well have been destroyed, burned in the indulgence of fire which consumed much of the old city two years ago when even the great mosque and minaret of the Omayad crashed to the ground […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES CAIRO Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities Photo Egypt has unearthed a more than 7,000-year-old city and cemetery dating back to its First Dynasty in the southern province of Sohag, the Antiquities Ministry said on Wednesday. The city and cemetery – likely home to senior functionaries and grave […]
Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world It has three known chambers and was built as a Pharaohs tomb Experts have now confirmed the existence of hidden space in the pyramid using radiography scanning By AFP and LIBBY PLUMMER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 14:52 GMT, 15 […]
Source:ET The original limestone shelf, known as a “burial bed,” was exposed during the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after being covered by marble since at least 1555 AD. “It will be a long scientific analysis, but we will finally be able to see the original rock […]
CULTURAL HERITAGE By Thomas Stephens OCT 26, 2016 – 11:00 This undated photo released on August 25, 2015, on a social media site used by Islamic State militants shows the destruction of the 2,000-year-old Syrian Temple of Baalshamin. The Arabic at bottom reads: “The moment of detonation of the pagan […]
Recently, a widely published study claimed that mosques and Islamic schools are filled with extremist literature. For Muslims who have made significant contribution to society through faith-based charitable drives such […]
Source: BBC Researchers in Israel have made what they say is the first discovery of a Philistine cemetery. The discovery, made in 2013 and finally revealed on Sunday, may yield […]
By Dana Al Emam – Jun 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This undated handout image shows archaeologist Christopher A. Tuttle investigating the doorsill of the small building on the newly […]
The newly restored Ferhadija Mosque, also known as the Ferhat Pasha Mosque, was built in the 16th century and was seen as a prime example of classical Ottoman architecture in Europe. By Gordana Knezevic May 05, 2016 In the middle of the night on May 7, 1993, the centuries-old […]
ALPINE RESEARCH Iron Age man was a fan of Swiss cheese APR 26, 2016 – 19:25 Dominique Yersin produces Etivaz cheese on the Le Grin alpine pasture at Chateau d’Oex […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published April 11, 2016 Photo: Khovd Museum Archeologists in Mongolia have unearthed a sixth century Turkic burial with the mummy of a woman, her horse and belongings preserved in the Altai Mountains near Kazakhstan, making it the first complete Turkic burial found in Central Asia. According to the […]
Source: BBC Two years ago an astounding new discovery shook up the field of early human evolution. The bones of a new species of extinct hominin called Homo naledi were discovered in the Rising Star Cave in South Africa and unveiled to the world in September 2015. The new species had […]
Source: BBC Imagine a world without toothbrushes, mouthwash and dental floss. That’s an easy one, right? There would be rotten teeth in every mouth, and rich dentists in every town. […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see Biblical Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ) Summit of Mount Sinai Highest […]
Source: Daily and Sunday Express By Jon Austin ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe they have made the historic discovery of the ruins of the Biblical city of Sodom – supposedly destroyed by God […]
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Sep 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this recent photo, Kufic inscriptions are seen at the site of Wadi Shireh mosque, which dates back to the Umayyad era (Photo courtesy of Glenn Corbett) AMMAN — Two scholars from the American Centre of Oriental Research (ACOR), Glenn Corbett […]
A Lebanese-French archaeologist tells Robert Fisk about her unique answer to a unique crime By Robert Fisk, The Independent So why is Isis blowing to pieces the greatest artefacts of ancient history in Syria and Iraq? The archeologist Joanne Farchakh has a unique answer to a unique crime. First, […]
By Robert Fisk, The Independent After a month, the militants realised that Khaled al-Asaad knew nothing – or would say nothing – and so they decapitated the old man and […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent After a month, the militants realised that Khaled al-Asaad knew nothing – or would say nothing – and so they decapitated the old man and strung his torso to a Roman pillar Isis has killed “the guardian of Palmyra”. Tortured for a month and then […]
An undated handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Wednesday shows the late 82-year old retired chief archaeologist of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Khaled al-Assaad, giving a press conference at an unknown location in Syria. Daesh (Islamic State) members on Wednesdasy beheaded Al-Assaad, […]