The trial of former Getty Museum curator Marion True and antiquities dealer Robert Hecht has resumed in Rome.

A second dock has been uncovered by Egyptian archaeologists at the Karnak temple complex. “In light of the importance of the Karnak temples, which represent the primary home of the god Amun-Ra, the ancient Egyptians built this secondary dock to use when visiting the temples during the dry season,” said lead archaeologist Mansour Boraik.   

Greece will help Iraq restore and conserve its damaged archaeological sites and museums. “We have great need of such assistance,” said Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. The two countries will also build a monument to Alexander the Great near Mosul.  

In Turkey, a forensic expert has reconstructed a face for a skull discovered at the site of Metropolis.   

Japan has given $3.5 million to build a museum of Thracian culture in Bulgaria. “The idea of the exposition is to show Bulgaria’s treasures and to promote them in such a way that more and more Japanese prefer Bulgaria as a tourist destination,” said archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov.  

CNN offers more information and a photograph of the head of a marble figurine unearthed in Jerusalem.

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