Criticism of the excavation of Egypt’s Sphinx-lined ceremonial route joining the temples of Luxor and Karnak is mounting. Local residents have reportedly been evicted from their homes, and a joint World Heritage Center/ ICOMOS mission found that several historic buildings were demolished and some stone blocks were damaged by heavy machinery in the rush to […]

 Controversial Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University claims that ancient fortifications uncovered in Jerusalem indicate that the city was ruled by a strong central government 3,000 years ago. “It means that at that time, the 10th century, in Jerusalem there was a regime capable of carrying out such construction,” she said, suggesting that such […]