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Archaeologists discovered on Tunisian coast three shipwrecks, one of which 2,000 years old

8 June 2023

A team of archaeologists from eight countries—Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia bordering the Mediterranean Sea has...

Anatolian Archeology, Classical Archeology, News

Roman-era chambers and clay offering vessels found in Antiocheia Ancient City, in southern Turkey

24 October 2022

During excavations in southern Turkey’s ancient city of Antiocheia, archaeologists discovered late Roman-era chambers and clay offering vessels. Antakya, better...

Culture, News

The Oldest “Book” of Europe: Derveni Papyrus

4 September 2022

The Derveni papyrus is considered Europe’s oldest legible manuscript still in existence today. It is an ancient Greek papyrus roll...

Culture, Travel

Life continues in Iran’s 12,000-year-old settlement “Meymand village”

8 February 2022

At the south-eastern Iranian province of Kerman near Shahr-Babak city, there is a village dating back to the Stone Age....

News

Hoysala temples inch closer towards UNESCO recognition

7 February 2022

The Indian Union government recently proposed the Somanathapura temple in Mysuru district and Chennakeshava and Hoysaleshwara temples in Belur and...

News

Parts of the City of the old city of Ghadames called the pearl of the desert collapsed due to rainfall

28 January 2022

Some parts of the Old City of Ghadames, located in an oasis about 600km southwest of Tripoli near Libya’s border...

Anatolian Archeology, News

New documentary searches history of Turkey’s 7,000-year-old Arslantepe Mound

28 December 2021

The tale of Turkey’s fascinating 7,000-year-old Arslantepe Mound, an ancient building in Malatya, eastern Turkey that was just added to...

News

Iran wants UNESCO recognition for 56 of its historic caravansaries

10 October 2021

Iran wants 56 Caravanserais from various periods, from the Sassanids (224 CE-651) to the Qajar period (1789-1925), to be included...

News

New insight into the history of human presence in Paveh county, Kermanshah province, which is located in western Iran

22 August 2021

Stone tools and animal bones unearthed recently have thrown new insight into the history of human presence in Paveh county,...

Anatolian Archeology, News

Turkey Adds New Sites to UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

30 April 2021

Two additional cultural objects have been added to Turkey’s World Heritage Tentative List, bringing the total number of cultural assets...

Archaeologists discovered on Tunisian coast three shipwrecks, one of which 2,000 years old

Roman-era chambers and clay offering vessels found in Antiocheia Ancient City, in southern Turkey

The Oldest “Book” of Europe: Derveni Papyrus

Life continues in Iran’s 12,000-year-old settlement “Meymand village”

Hoysala temples inch closer towards UNESCO recognition

Parts of the City of the old city of Ghadames called the pearl of the desert collapsed due to rainfall

New documentary searches history of Turkey’s 7,000-year-old Arslantepe Mound

Iran wants UNESCO recognition for 56 of its historic caravansaries

New insight into the history of human presence in Paveh county, Kermanshah province, which is located in western Iran

Turkey Adds New Sites to UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

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Countless Votive Offerings Discovered at Ancient Sanctuary on Greek Island Kythnos

Archaeologists say 12,000-year-old flutes discovered in northern Israel may have been used to lure falcons

Archaeologists discovered on Tunisian coast three shipwrecks, one of which 2,000 years old

A massive Rune stone found under a kitchen floor in Denmark declared treasure

Britain’s oldest decoratively piece of carved wood discovered in a layer of peat