Lebanese antiquities dealer Ali Abu Taam, who was convicted in absentia in 2004 for helping Tarek al-Seweissi smuggle 280 Egyptian artifacts out of the country, has been arrested in Bulgaria. Egypt’s chief archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, called the arrest a “concrete step toward stopping the trade in illegal antiquities around the world.” Tens of thousands of […]

A mass grave containing the remains of 1,800 people killed at the end of World War II has been uncovered in Malbork, Poland, once Marienburg, Germany.  Some had died of gunshot wounds, but many are thought to have died of hunger and cold. California’s state archaeologist E. Breck Parkman is investigating the Burdell Mansion, also […]