Syrian forces enter IS-held Palmyra; intense clashes with IS
By ALBERT AJI and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Backed by Russian airstrikes, Syrian government forces on Thursday pushed into the ancient town of Palmyra that has been held by the Islamic State…
Archaeology
Ancient carving stolen decades ago in Mexico found in France
A nearly 3,000-year-old carving stolen more than four decades ago from a remote area of southern Mexico has been recovered in France. The Olmec carving dating to around 900 B.C.…
IS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar in Palmyra
By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Islamic State militants beheaded a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after the ancient ruins of Palmyra, then hung…
Ancient tablets displayed in Jerusalem fuel looting debate
By DANIEL ESTRIN At first glance, the ancient Babylonian tablets on exhibit for the first time at a Jerusalem museum look like nothing more than pockmarked lumps of clay. But…
TOMB OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BEER BREWER UNEARTHED
This image released by the Supreme Council of Antiquities shows colored inscriptions on a newly discovered tomb in Luxor, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. Egypt’s minister of antiquities said Japanese…
TRAMWAY PLANNED FOR MACHU PICCHU’S ‘SISTER CITY’
By CARLA SALAZAR FILE – This Oct. 1, 2003 file photo shows the Choquequirao ruins in Cusco, Peru. Choquequirao, which means “cradle of gold” in Quechua, is believed to be…
ANCIENT SITE UNEARTHED IN IRAQI HOME OF ABRAHAM
This photo taken on March 31, 2013 photo provided by Manchester University professor Stuart Campbell shows excavation in progress at Tell Khaiber, Iraq. A British archaeologist says he and his…