Archaeology

Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany tells reporters that work on gilded outermost coffin is expected to take at least eight months.

Some of the items date back at least 4,000 years to ancient Sumeria. During the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, archaeological artifacts were plundered.

Open-air mosque unearthed ahead of residential construction near the Bedouin town Rahat dates to the seventh to eighth centuries and comprises a "significant contribution" to the study of the history of the turbulent period after the Arab conquest of 636 CE.

The 9,000-year-old metropolis, uncovered during a survey before the construction of a new highway, is one of the biggest ever found. City's population estimated at 2,000 people. Excavation exposes large buildings, storage sheds, flint tools, thousands of arrowheads, axes, sickle blades, and knives. 

The discovery, made by the Mount Zion Archaeological Project, confirms accounts of the fall of the Fatimid city in 1099 to the forces of the First Crusade.

Two-handled jugs used to store wine or oil believed to date back 2,500-2,700 years. Similar finds have been discovered that indicate "intensive" trade along Albanian coast in the second half of the seventh century BCE.

The 101-meter structure just south of Cairo marks a key step in the evolution of pyramid construction. The “Bent” Pyramid is one of two built for Fourth Dynasty founding Pharaoh Sneferu in Dahshur, at the southern end of the Memphis necropolis that starts at Giza.

After years of searching and speculation, researchers think they have finally located the Philistine city where David hid from King Saul prior to ascending the monarchy.

DNA extracted from 10 skeletons in an ancient cemetery in Ashkelon links Philistines to populations in southern Europe in the Bronze Age.

Palestinians slam US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Trump envoy Jason Greenblatt for attending unveiling of 2,000-year-old thoroughfare in east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Friedman: This lays to rest all doubts about President Trump recognizing Jerusalem as capital of Israel.