Forgotten Mausoleum of Roman Emperor Augustus Reborn
A newly renovated colossal mausoleum for the founder of the Roman empire Augustus has reopened to the public in the Italian capital after centuries of neglect.
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Louvre Recovers 16th-Century Armor, Four Decades After Theft
The Louvre museum in Paris said Wednesday that it had recovered a set of gold and silver-encrusted Renaissance-era armor nearly 40 years after it was stolen.
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The Alamo
An appeals court in Texas rejected the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association’s request to halt renovations at the historic site, which contains a mission cemetery and physical remains of those at the Battle of the Alamo, finding there is no “active threat” to any human remains and the association did not explain how the current archeological plan is inadequate.
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Ancient Bone Fragment Holds Clues on How Dogs Got to North America
A bone fragment discovered in southeast Alaska reveals the earliest confirmed domesticated dog in the Americas.
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Singapore Hindu Temple Priest Charged in $1.5M Gold Pawning Case
The former chief priest of Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple has been charged with repeatedly pawning gold religious ornaments for a total of $1.5 million, court officials said Wednesday.
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Ancient Bone Sheds Light on Slav Alphabet History
An inscribed cow bone dating back to the seventh century proves that Germanic runes were the oldest script ever used by the ancient Slavs, Czech scientists said Thursday.
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San Francisco Museum Agrees to Return Thai Relics
A settlement with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco ensures that two ancient temple lintels will be returned to Thailand after they were exported to the United States.
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Golden-Tongued Egyptian Mummies Discovered Near Alexandria
CAIRO (AFP) — An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission working near Alexandria has discovered mummies from around 2,000 years ago bearing golden-tongued
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By Sea of Galilee, Archaeologists Find Ruins of Early Mosque
Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque — believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam — during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias.
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Ancient Coins Returned After Italy Church Confession
More than 200 ancient coins were returned Thursday to a museum in southern Italy by a priest who was told about the theft in confession.
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Ancient Copper Findings Shed Light on Origins of Money
Copper objects discovered in Central Europe present the earliest known standardized currency, hinting at money’s earliest origins.
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‘Priceless’ Haul of Over 27,000 Artifacts Seized in France
French authorities have seized a “priceless” haul of over 27,000 archaeological artifacts ranging from Bronze Age bracelets to Roman coins that had been secretly amassed by a single person in the east of the country, customs said Wednesday.
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Rebuilt Prussian Palace, Scarred by History, Opens in Berlin
A reconstructed Prussian palace will open in Berlin on Wednesday as a museum complex housing colonial artifacts, just as debate is gathering pace around the return of treasures plundered from abroad.
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Shackleton Expedition Artifacts to Be Donated to UK Museums
A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artifacts in the U.K.
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Bavaria to Leave Medieval Anti-Jewish Sculptures on Churches
Authorities, churches and Jewish communities in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria have agreed that anti-Semitic statues and carvings dating back to the Middle Ages shouldn’t be removed from churches, an official said Tuesday.
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Treasure Sold During Holocaust Fought Over at High Court
A yearslong battle over a medieval collection sold to the Nazis in 1935, now estimated to be worth a quarter of a billion dollars, brought the heirs of Jewish art dealers to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
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Painstaking Race Against Time to Uncover Viking Ship’s Secrets
Inch by inch, they gently pick through the soil in search of thousand-year-old relics. Racing against onsetting mold yet painstakingly meticulous, archeologists in Norway are exhuming a rare Viking ship grave in hopes of uncovering the secrets within.
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Excavators Find Rare, Ancient Gold Coins in Jerusalem’s Old City
Israeli archeologists have discovered four pure gold coins in Jerusalem’s Old City that were minted more than 1,000 years ago, a rare find from an era of political upheaval in the region.
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Saving Angkor Wat: Cambodia’s Ninja Gardeners Tame Jungle Growth
Stacking a ladder against the towering spires of Cambodia’s archaeological marvel Angkor Wat, Chhoeurm Try gingerly scales the temple’s exterior to hack away foliage before it damages the ancient facade.
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Bison Engravings in Spanish Cave Reveal Common Art Culture Across Europe
Researchers have discovered never-before-seen rock art hidden in the caves of northern Spain, filling in some previous blanks about Paleolithic humans and confirming that a cultural art style was used widely throughout what is now Europe approximately 25,000 years ago.
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