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Libya: Years of conflict threaten archaeology in Libya
When war erupted in Libya in early 2011, Savino di Lernia and several other Italian archaeologists were stranded in the Sahara Desert. They had been studying Libya's prehistory at the Messak plateau in the southwest corner of Libya, which is home to some of the world's oldest rock art. As violence in the country escalated, the res…
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North America: Artifacts at risk as Black Warrior River erodes soil at Moundville
An archaeological team with the University of Alabama is working to save artifacts from an eroding stretch of the Black Warrior River’s bank on the north side of Moundville Archaeological Park.Cultural resource assistants Petrina Kelly, left, and Ron Stallworth, right, work with cultural resource investigator Jera Davis on an exca…
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Southern Europe: Europol seizes hundreds of smuggled Egyptian artefacts
Hundreds of pillaged ancient Egyptian artifacts have been seized in an operation initiated by the Spanish Guardia Civil and the police of Cyprus, Europol announced Wednesday.Spanish authorities display some of the recovered Egyptian antiquities [Credit: CSM]“The artifacts were discovered hidden in cheap vases during an inspection …
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Iraq: ISIS destroys large parts of Nineveh historical wall
A Kurdish official revealed on Tuesday evening that the ISIS organization had bombed large parts and tracts of the ancient Nineveh wall, indicating that such an act violates the right of human culture and heritage.The media official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Mosul, Saed Mimousine said in an interview for IraqiNews…