Tag: Greater Middle East
5,000-year-old pottery kilns found in Iran
An archaeological dig at Yalda Hill in the Iranian province of Sistan has unearthed 5,000-year-old kilns with a capacity for the surplus production of...
Barque station of Hatshepsut unearthed at Aswan island
Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector Dr. Mahmoud Afify declared the discovery of a number of blocks that most probably belong to a previously unknown building...
Ancient mummies meet modern technology
For her senior honors thesis, Tulane University student Savanna Bailey accompanied two ancient Egyptian mummies—well, actually, just their heads—to Tulane Medical Center in downtown...
UNESCO to proceed with Palmyra restoration
The Executive Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has unanimously adopted a Russian-drafted resolution on the role of UNESCO...
Archaeologists search for sculpture’s head
Archaeologists in the northwestern Turkish province of İzmit have been searching for the head of a female sculpture, which was found a few days...
100 ancient sites identified in Iran’s Dehloran plain
Archaeological studies in Dehloran plain, in the western Iranian province of Ilam led to the identification of 100 ancient sites, said director of the...