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Archaeologists unearth Byzantine bath dating to Sixth Century AD in Syria

Syrian archaeological mission working at Tel Kesra site, 45 km west of Deir Ezzor city (north-eastern Syria), uncovered a Byzantine bath dating back to...

Paupers and the pyramids: 400 poor burials unearthed near Giza

At a scholarly conference in Atlanta archaeologists announced that the burials of 400 people – dating between 2,700 and 2,000 years ago – have...

Archaeologists find earliest evidence of Christianity in Egypt

The Bible says Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt for a time with the baby Jesus to escape Herod’s henchmen. About 50 years later,...

Tombs dating back to 5th millennium BC unearthed in Syria

Several dolmen tombs dating back to the 5th Millennium BC or the Stone–Copper Age (the Eneolithic Age) have been unearthed in several sites in...