Gilgamesh 'Dream Tablet' looted during Gulf War on display in Baghdad
Clay tablet inscribed in cuneiform with the Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in 1853 and was stolen from an Iraqi ...
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Israeli teen finds historical artifacts in old Syrian army bunker on Golan Heights
"Inside there was a lot of stuff, actual time capsules. We found the remnants of a hat, pieces ...
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.
The toll of ISIS's archaeological looting in Syria is just beginning to become clear
The legacy of Syrian wartime looting can’t just be measured in the monetray value of the stolen artifacts. It’s a ...
Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai
Team from Greece is photographing thousands of fragile manuscripts, including some of the earliest copies of the Christian gospels, in ...