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Near East: Mystery of Antiochus head still unsolved
Video footage, coincidentally found by a Turkish collector in a German flea market, which shows excavations on Mount Nemrut in 1965, as well as the life of locals in the region, has revealed a big scandal. The sculpted head of the King of Commagene, King Antiochus, which is now at the Gaziantep Zeugma Museum, was seized while bein…
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Heritage: Ancient Philippi to claim spot on UNESCO list
Sites included in UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List are selected with a set of natural and cultural criteria, which are regularly revised by a relevant committee to reflect the evolution of the institution itself.“The area of Philippi hosts a series of archaeological monuments, witnesses to a long historical path during whi…
