Read more about the article RETURN OF THE MUMMY: GBP 3.5 Million Looted Ancient Egyptian Artefacts Seized From Dealers
Photo shows one of the 16 Egyptian artifacts recovered from the United States of America, undated photo. Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Archeology, said, noting that the recovered items had been smuggled out of the country illegally, as investigations conducted in the United States of America have proven in three different cases. (@tourismandantiq/Newsflash)
History

RETURN OF THE MUMMY: GBP 3.5 Million Looted Ancient Egyptian Artefacts Seized From Dealers

Looted Egyptian artefacts worth GBP 3.5 million have been returned after an international police probe into stolen treasures. Officials say 16 rare artefacts have been returned to their homeland after the investigation into some the world's most prolific dealers. These investigations proved that the objects had been smuggled into the…

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September 26, 2022
Read more about the article YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG: German Cops Hand Ancient Foot Back To Egyptian Authorities After Finding It On eBay
Image shows an ancient Egyptian mummy foot, undated. It was handed over handed to the Egyptian ambassador in Germany's capital Berlin on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022. (Polizei Krefeld/Newsflash)
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YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG: German Cops Hand Ancient Foot Back To Egyptian Authorities After Finding It On eBay

An ancient mummified foot was handed back to Egypt after it was found on eBay Classified Ads and anonymously reported to police. Police were alerted to the bizarre artefact, which included part of the lower leg, at the end of April. The mummified body part, which an expert later confirmed…

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September 22, 2022
Read more about the article GAME OF ROMES: Incredible Snaps Show Ancient Roman-Era Remains On Seabed
Image shows the shipwreck on the bottom of the Skerki Bank, undated. UNESCO stated that archaeologists from eight countries teamed up to explore the underwater site between Sicily and Tunisia, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (Vincent Creuze ROV Drassm/Newsflash)
Archaeology

GAME OF ROMES: Incredible Snaps Show Ancient Roman-Era Remains On Seabed

https://youtu.be/kq-edYXdWjs These remarkable underwater snaps show a treasure trove of shipwrecked Roman-era remains that ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean. The astonishingly well-preserved finds are understood to come from cargo ships that sunk fully loaded. UNESCO recently spent a fortnight exploring three Roman-era shipwrecks in the Skerki Bank…

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September 21, 2022
Read more about the article DIG THAT: Ancient Egypt Shrine And Statue Fragments Found At City That Once Housed Cleopatra’s Needle
A statue fragment of a sphinx of King Amenemhat III found during excavations in the city of Heliopolis in Egypt. (Dietrich Raue/Newsflash)
Archaeology

DIG THAT: Ancient Egypt Shrine And Statue Fragments Found At City That Once Housed Cleopatra’s Needle

Archaeologists researching the ancient temple city of Heliopolis have made remarkable discoveries documenting intense temple construction activities in Ancient Egypt. Heliopolis - which literally means City of the Sun - was one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt. It was occupied since the Predynastic Period which spans the period…

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June 24, 2022
Read more about the article FIRST HUMANS: Ancient Site Could Be Location Of Oldest Known Early Human Fossils In China
Remains of the maxilla and teeth of the skull of Gongwangling. (Xing Song, CENIEH/Newsflash)
Archaeology

FIRST HUMANS: Ancient Site Could Be Location Of Oldest Known Early Human Fossils In China

An international team of researchers has authored a study claiming that they may have discovered what is possibly the oldest human fossil in existence in China. Researchers from the National Centre for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH) in Spain, as part of a team of Chinese, Spanish and French scientists,…

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June 16, 2022