Topic: Anthropology
Greek police arrest 2 with valuable antiquities
AP News
2 arrested in Greece for trying to sell valuable sculptures for several million eurosGreek police arrested two men trying to sell several artifacts, including a bronze sculpture of emperor Alexander the Great from the 4th century B.C., for which the asking price was euro7 million ($9.5 million), authorities ...
Mideast Egypt Antiquities
AP News
This undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, Egypt Sunday Feb. 28, 2010, shows the newly unearthed 3,400- year old red granite head, part of a huge statue of the ancient pharaoh Amenhotep III, at the pharaoh's mortuary temple in the city of ...
Statue head of King Tut's grandfather found in Luxor
AFP Global Edition
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a colossal statue head of the pharaoh whom DNA tests revealed last week was King Tutankhamun's grandfather, the government said on Sunday. The red granite head of King Amenhotep III, part of a larger 3,000 year-old statue, was discovered at the site of the ...
Archaeologist sees proof for Bible in ancient wall
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Israeli archaeologist says fortifications recently excavated support Biblical narrativeAn Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era. If the age of the wall is correct, the finding would ...
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