Amid the vast destruction of the war, a small group of determined individuals fought to save Gaza's archaeological heritage.
Archaeologist Shadia Abdrabo is working to create an online database of Sudan's archaeological sites and museum collections.
Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...
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