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3,500-year-old Town Found Near Alexandria, Egypt
An approximately 3,500-year-old settlement was discovered in Egypt in Kom el-Negus, located about 27 miles west of Alexandria ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Ptolemaic-era Greek Statue Head in Alexandria
Archaeologists have uncovered the head of a Ptolemaic period Greek statue at the ruins of a 7th-century AD house in Taposiris Magna ...
Rare ancient Egyptian jewelry now costs less than a Cartier bracelet: ‘Wearable art’
The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and ...
An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...
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A huge marble head of a monumental statue from the Ptolemaic period, found in a medieval house at Taposiris Magna
Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt Mohamed Abdel-Badie, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, highlighted the statue’s artistic quality, emphasizing the precision and realism of ...
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Incredibly rare ancient Egyptian jewelry now fetches less than a Cartier bracelet
With dazzling pieces from ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt, these historic gems may just cost less than today’s designer ...
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Ancient treasure, largest of its kind in Israel, found buried in 2,100-year-old kitchen
In a press release that was translated from Hebrew to English, the university explained that the artifacts date back to the Hellenistic ... discovered an ancient Egyptian amulet in December ...
Archaeologists Uncover Ptolemaic-Era Statue Head In Alexandria's Taposiris Magna
A French archaeological mission led by Joachim le Bomin, in collaboration with Lyon University and the French Institute of ...
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Impressive Discovery: 7th Century AD Statue Head Found in an Important City Named After an Ancient Greek God
An impressive 7th-century AD statue head has been discovered in the ancient city of Taposiris Magna, Egypt. This marble head, ...
Stern, ill, bald: French archaeologists discover large Ptolemaic marble head at Taposiris Magna
The marble head, measuring 38 centimeters in height, depicts an elderly, bald man with a wrinkled face showing signs of ...
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Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-pack
What it tells us about the past: This marble statuette depicts a dwarf-dancer, which was a common motif in ancient Mediterranean art. But while examples from Greece were usually exaggerated or ...
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A Mysterious Mask Embedded in the Walls of a Cistern Found in the Ancient Egyptian City of Ptolemais in Libya
On the coast of the Cyrenaica region in present-day Libya lies the ancient city of Ptolemais, founded by the Egyptian pharaohs of the Ptolemaic ... offering a window into the Hellenistic and Roman ...