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How archaeologists found one of the oldest cities on earth
Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...
Archaeologists Found a 4,000-Year-Old Tomb. Inside Was a 14-Foot Fake Door to Nowhere.
The tomb featured a 14-foot-tall pink granite door that led to... nowhere. Inside the tomb, the team also found 13 high-backed chairs with pink granite statues—many believed to be the prince’s ...
3,000-year-old necropolis found for first time in Abu Dhabi. See ‘mystery’ site
A 3,000-year-old necropolis has been uncovered in the Al Ain region of Abu Dhabi, marking the “ first major Iron Age cemetery ...
Archaeologists Excavated an Ancient Temple—and Found 2,500-Year-Old Tombs
The latest work—led by the Archaeological Preservation and Registration sector of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Archaeology, the French National Research Centre, and Sorbonne University—excavated ...