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Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a sphinx statue “with a smiley face and two dimples” near the Hathor Temple, one of the country’s best preserved ancient sites, the tourism and antiquities ministry announced Monday. It is the…
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Peruvian archaeologists have discovered some 30 pre-Inca era graves in a cemetery belonging to the Chancay people, a group who inhabited valleys of Peru’s central coast from 1000 to 1500 AD. The newly found 800-year-old graves have…
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Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the ruins of a temple for the ancient Greek god Zeus in the Sinai Peninsula, antiquities authorities said Monday. The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a statement the temple ruins were found in…
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The fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world’s best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, scientists said Tuesday. The National Museum of Scotland…
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An Egyptian archeological mission on Friday unearthed remains of a town dating back to the Greco-Roman era in the north coast city of Alexandria. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, said that…
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Irish archaeologists have discovered a carved wooden statue, made more than 1,600 years ago, about six kilometers from a prehistoric royal settlement. Carved from the trunk of an oak tree, the statue is a anthropomorphic figure with a…
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Around 250 tombs dating back around 4,200 years have been unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt. The country’s archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities made the finds in the southern province of Sohag. The graves,…
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American and Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest known beer factory at one of the most prominent archaeological sites of ancient Egypt, a top antiquities official said on Saturday. Mostafa Waziri, secretary…
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