2 Ancient Shipwrecks Found off Israeli Coast Contain Trove of Medieval Coins, Artifacts
Israeli archaeologists discovered the shipwrecks near the ancient city of Caesarea, one from the Roman period and the other from the Mamluk period.
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Israeli archaeologists discovered the shipwrecks near the ancient city of Caesarea, one from the Roman period and the other from the Mamluk period.
A team of 60 researchers, investigators, and foreign law enforcement officials worked on the case for four years, and no criminal charges were filed.
Ancient artifacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 were put on display in Baghdad on Tuesday. Among the artifacts returned by the United States was a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Sumerian tale believed to be one of the world’s first pieces of literature. The tablet, displayed at the Iraqi foreign ministry headquarters, was handed to the Iraqi embassy in Washington by the city's Museum of the Bible.
It could change the face of the East Bank of the Cumberland River, but could the future Oracle campus project have to be stopped almost immediately? One Cherokee activist says the 60-acre property could hold secrets from Nashville's past, including some ancient history.
The United States and Bahrain have agreed to work jointly in order to stop the illicit trade in cultural art and artefacts