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Heritage: Egyptian antiquities remain at risk
The current crisis in Egypt in regard to the damage to King Tutankhamun’s mask, which is a one of a kind golden mask from the ancient pharaonic monuments, in a botched restoration at the Egyptian Museum brings to mind the series of incidents of negligence and laxity in protecting Egyptian artifacts. The mask has been visibly marre…
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Heritage: Nicaragua canal developers collect 15,000 artefacts along route
A Chinese company granted a concession to build a transoceanic canal across Nicaragua has handed over more than 15,000 pre-Columbian relics to the government, a consultant said Thursday.Pre-Columbian artefacts recovered along the cana route[Credit: Reuters/Oswaldo Riva]The pieces were collected over six weeks by a team of 29 archa…
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Near East: Bronze Age Anatolian site planted with tobacco
Works have been initiated to start archaeological excavations in the northern province of Tokat’s Horoztepe mound, which has turned into a tobacco farm despite being declared a first-degree archaeological area.Tokat’s Horoztepe mound, which has turned into a tobacco plant over the years, is to host archaeological excavations once …
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Italy: Pompeii wall collapses amid heavy rain
Heavy rain in Italy caused a wall in the ancient city of Pompeii to fall down, the latest in a series of weather-related collapses at the country’s most celebrated archaeological site.On Wednesday, the wall in the Garden of Severus suffered a partial collapse after days of rainfall in southern Italy [Credit: La Republica]The wall …