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Tyrannosaurus rex found in Canada is world’s biggest
The towering Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in western Canada in 1991 is the world’s biggest, a team of paleontologists said Friday, following a ... Variety -
Iraqi museum unveils 100 ‘looted’ artifacts
Over 2,000 artifacts, including about 100 that were looted and found abroad, were unveiled Tuesday in a museum in Basra province on the southern tip ... Art and culture -
Bronze statue with Arab features found in this Saudi valley
A bronze statue of a face with Arab features and curly hair was found in the al-Faw village in al-Dawasir valley in Riyadh. Many researchers linked ... Travel and Tourism -
IN PICTURES: Ancient Saudi Arabian statues find new home in Abu Dhabi’s Louvre
Over 3,000 years ago, an artist carved out red sandstone to make three statues of the Lihyan kings that were found in the al-Ula region, one of Saudi ... Travel and Tourism -
Syria’s recovered antiquities go on display at Damascus Opera
Syria’s antiquities authority on Wednesday unveiled an exhibition in Damascus of hundreds of artefacts retrieved from around the war-torn ... Art and culture -
World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan
Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable ... Variety -
Saudi ‘Al-Okhdood’ a historical treasure dating more than 2,000 years
Al-Okhdood Archaeological Site in Najran in the south of Saudi Arabia, lie in the village carrying the same name and is considered an archaeological ... Features -
Saudi announces new discoveries in Tabuk region dating 85,000 years
Prince Sultan Bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), announced in Tokyo recently that human ... Art and culture -
FBI warns U.S. art dealers about antiquities looted from Syria, Iraq
The looting of ancient artifacts across Iraq and Syria and their sale on the black market has become a source of funding for ISIS militants Middle East -
U.N. nations agree to action to save Iraqi cultural sites
U.N. member-states on Thursday declared that the destruction by militants of Iraqi cultural sites may amount to war crimes Art and culture -
U.N., Arab officials seek to counter militant threat to monuments
Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Damaty also warned that heritage sites in the region were under threat Middle East -
Iraq confident it can protect artifacts returned by U.S.
Despite concerns, some Iraqi officials insist the artifacts will be safe in Baghdad News -
U.S. returns more than 60 smuggled artifacts to Iraq
Head of Assyrian King Sargon II statue, early Sumeria bronze axe among 65 items returned Art and culture -
UK MP laments ISIS ‘large scale’ artifacts looting
Tory MP Robert Jenrick said the U.S. has registered a 133% increase in imports of Syrian artifacts last year Art and culture -
Egyptian artifact sold in UK despite Cairo’s attempts to stop sale
The lid of an Egyptian coffin has sold at auction for £12,000 ($19,512) in Britain Art and culture -
Iraq museum inaugurates 2 halls of statues
The newly renovated halls feature more than 500 artifacts Art and culture -
Egyptian team finds trove of ancient artifacts
the team found 43 amulets, a gold-plated mummy mask and nearly 600 small funerary statues Art and culture -
Statue of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s sister recovered
The statue that dates to the 26th dynasty, more than 500 years BC Art and culture -
France returns five ancient artifacts to Egypt
Earlier this year, Egypt has recovered 90 artifacts that were put on sale in Jerusalem Variety -
Tug-of-war erupts over planned return of Jewish archives to Iraq
Jewish books and documents found by U.S. soldiers in the flooded headquarters of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and sent to the United States for ... Variety -
Jewish artifacts found by U.S. troops in Iraq on display for first time
Iraqi Jewish artifacts discovered during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 are on display Washington DC for the first time. The exhibit shows 24 items ... Art and culture
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