Broken angels: Inside the lab working to restore Notre Dame
The April 15 inferno at one of Europe's most famous landmarks has turned a lab in the sleepy town of ...
Tag: archaeology
Mystery martyr's church unearthed west of Jerusalem
"We found one inscription in the courtyard of the church which dedicates the site in the memory of a 'glorious ...
'Pontius Pilate built Pilgrim's Road in Jerusalem'
Coins found above and below a 2,000-year old road to the Temple Mount prove it was constructed between 31 and ...
Thousands of teens help excavate Bronze Age 'megalopolis' in northern Israel
Archaeologists say city, which dates back 5,000 years and was home to 6,000 residents, marked the beginning of urbanization in ...
Seal of First Temple-era royal steward found in Jerusalem
The small, 2,600-year-old clay seal was uncovered in earth from near the Western Wall, and bears the Hebrew name and ...
3,000-year-old human remains discovered in Yemen
Archaeologists report that Stone Age remains found in cave outside Yemeni capital Sanaa appear to have been damaged by looters.
Battle of Carthage: Tunisia demolishes homes to protect ancient site
Carthage's place on UNESCO World Heritage list is under threat, due to what the UN cultural body calls "uncontrolled urban sprawl." ...
Gazans struggle to protect antiquities from neglect, looting
Hamas has done little to protect antiquities sites that date back millennia, and in some cases actively destroys them.
Egypt begins restoration of King Tut's golden coffin
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany tells reporters that work on gilded outermost coffin is expected to take at least eight months.
Iraq displays stolen artifacts recovered from UK, Sweden
Some of the items date back at least 4,000 years to ancient Sumeria. During the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, ...