The first excavation of a complete barrow cemetery has been conducted in Meigle, Scotland. The five burials included two round barrows, a square barrow, and a double square barrow, containing bones, ceramics, and flint. Archaeologists think the barrow cemetery was in use for several centuries. Carbon dating of the artifacts should provide additional clues. The cemetery […]

Antiquities dealer Mousa Khouli has pleaded guilty to “smuggling Egyptian cultural property into the United States and making a false statement to law enforcement authorities,” according to the federal prosecutor’s office in New York. The artifacts in question, including coffins, funerary boats, and limestone figures, were brought into the U.S. between October 2008 and November 2009. […]