4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (845+ words) Mostafa Ahmed Mostafa is the heir to a long line of groundskeepers who have guarded Sudan's ancient pyramids of Meroe. Now, three years into the war between the army and paramilitary forces, he stands near-solitary sentinel over his heritage. "These…...

11+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (455+ words) Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3, 000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the Central American country's culture ministry said Thursday." The Mayan civilization…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (457+ words) Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures " over 4, 500 artefacts " was displayed together for the first time since the young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922. Curated and conserved…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago  (738+ words) Iraq is home to ruins from some of the world's earliest civilisations, but teams led by international archaeologists have been forced by drone and rocket attacks in the Middle East war to cut short their expeditions. Archaeologists told AFP that…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (712+ words) At an archaeological site in southern Lebanon's Tyre, small signs bearing a blue and white emblem provide a symbolic shield, meant to protect the ancient ruins from bombardment. One of the oldest cities on the Mediterranean coast, Tyre is located…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (451+ words) Dating out of your league? New research says it's a tale as old as time. A study out Thursday in Science argues that Neanderthal men and human women were particularly inclined to mate, a sexual habit that offers insight into…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (656+ words) Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773, 000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study Wednesday. The oldest Homo sapien fossils, dating from over 300, 000 years…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (585+ words) Saint Peter's, one of the world's oldest rock churches, is a sacred rallying point for the isolated Christians still left in quake-hit Antakya in southeastern Turkey, the city known in ancient times as Antioch." "Since the earthquake, our community has…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (461+ words) Beyond the entrance of Rome's newest metro station under the Colosseum, there are display cases filled with hundreds of ancient artefacts found during a decade-long construction project. Spread out over four levels to a depth of 32 metres in the heart…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (792+ words) Despite the catastrophic state of the Palestinian economy, Faraj al-Atrash, operator of a quarry in the occupied West Bank, proudly points to an armada of machines busy eating away at sheer walls of dusty white rock that stretch into the…...