The tombs of four ancient kings were destroyed by fire in Kampala, Uganda, sparking riots among the Buganda people and clashes with police. At least three people are dead. The Kasubi tombs were a UNESCO World Heritage Site.   BBC News offers photographs of the destruction.  Segments of the sandstone gorge at the entrance to Jordan’s […]

 Two red-granite statues have been unearthed in Luxor, Egypt, near the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III. Last month, archaeologists found a colossal carving of the pharaoh’s head. A seventh-century building in northern Israel has been re-identified as the Al-Sinnabra palace, used by the Umayyad caliphs during the winter months.   Modern humans and Neanderthals did not […]