A lost ancient Egyptian tomb has been rediscovered by archaeologists in the desert sands south of Cairo.

It has taken him more than a decade, but Italian-Israeli archeologist Prof. Emmanuel Anati now believes his controversial view that the biblical Mount Sinai is in Israel’s Negev desert rather than Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula will soon be adopted by the Vatican.

1200 pieces of flint stones dating back to 250, 000 years ago were unearthed at al-Sharar Valley near Daraa, Southern Syria.

The Gaza Strip was conquered by empires that left behind fortresses, alabaster jewelry, and bronze weaponry. Now the impoverished Strip is trying to rein in the black market in ancient treasure and better preserve items often found by chance.

The Syrian Archaeological Expedition working at the site of Palmyra’s northern defensive wall (Central Syria) has unearthed tower tombs  close to the wall.
Head of Palmyra Antiquities Department Walid Asa’ad said Wednesday the square-shaped burial has a two-slab decorated stone gate. The doorway leads to the roof of the burial place through stairs.
The burial site includes a yard with several chambers; each contains six multi-storey tower tombs, he added. Asa’ad indicated that the site was a typical Palmyra ancient burial place, adding that the tower tomb was re-used as a defensive …

A team of archaeologists excavating at the site of Amenhotep III’s enormous funerary temple in Luxor have uncovered the 3,000-year-old head of a massive statue of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh, the king of Egyptian kings, whom DNA testing has recently proven was Tutankhamun’s grandfather.

New research has found that the sea level of the Mediterranean has been rising and falling over the past 2,500 years.

Remains of a prehistoric building, the earliest ever discovered in the Tel Aviv region of Israel are estimated to be between 7,800 and 8,400 years old.

The discovery of the temple of the god Hadad in Aleppo Citadel is considered one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the late 20th century, according to an article published by Prof. Paolo Matthiae of Italy.

(AFP) – Iraqi archaeologists said on Friday they have discovered a 2,000-year-old Sumerian settlement in southern Iraq, yielding a bounty of historical artefacts.
The site, in the southern province of Dhi Qar, is in the desert near ancient Ur, the biblical birthplace of Abraham.
“There are walls and cornerstones carrying Sumerian writings, dating back to the era of the third Sumerian dynasty,” said Abdul Amir al-Hamdani, head of the provincial government’s archaeology department.
Hamdani said the artefacts, which included sickles and knives, largely dated back to around 2000 BC, during the rule of …