In Egypt, armed robbers broke into the antiquities warehouse at the site of Tel El-Dabaa. Archaeologists are taking an inventory in order to determine exactly what was stolen. 

Scholars weigh in on the lead codices said to have been created in Jordan during the early decades of Christianity. “This is not going to pass the smell test in the end run,” commented Jeff Chadwick of Brigham Young University. 

The remains of 118 people were disinterred piecemeal at the construction site of a cultural center at the site of the first Catholic cemetery in Los Angeles. “It truly pains me that this…has unfolded in this manner and in this way. And I’m truly sorry for it,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina apologized to a meeting of the state Native American Heritage Commission. 

Nanotechnology will be used to clean, restore, and protect the surfaces of ancient rock tombs cut into the cliffs in Dalyan, Turkey. 

The history of Vancouver dates back 9,000 years. “In my mother’s words we’ve been here all the time,” explained Larry Grant, and elder of the Musqueam First Nations. 

Will there be a movie based on the life of nineteenth-century archaeologist Gertrude Bell?

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