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Cambodia unearths over 100 pieces of Buddha statues at temple in Angkor park

China.dot.org 30 Apr 2024

The ANA is the government agency responsible for managing, safeguarding and preserving the Angkor archaeological park, a UNESCO-listed world heritage site, situated in Siem Reap province.

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Mummies (2023) Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Hulu

Coming Soon 29 Apr 2024

Their lives go on smoothly until an ambitious archaeologist from the modern world steals their family’s royal ring ... to the Royal Family, stolen by ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby.”.

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Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder

The Observer 28 Apr 2024

That’s true of a lot of things in life, but doubly so when you’re an archaeologist starting off a conversation with Graham Hancock, the famed pseudoarchaeology author, in a venue such as the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

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Kudos to the Cambridge University housekeepers – messy students should be named and shamed

AOL 28 Apr 2024

... might help to ensure that the next generation of architects, aerothermal engineers, chemists, computer scientists, archaeologists and professors of Norse use their skills to make a better world.

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Why the Brits gave Greece a bad name – in India

Ekathimerini 27 Apr 2024

One potentially helpful contribution to this dialogue is the work of Angeliki Kottaridi, founder of the new Polycentric Museum of Aigai and one of Greece’s most famous archaeologists and public educators.

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TV tonight: the return of jaw-dropping true crime story The Jinx

The Observer 22 Apr 2024

Calling all Indiana Jones or Lara Croft wannabes! Get ready to dive even deeper into the lost world of Pompeii in the second part of a series that follows archaeologists as they excavate an entire city block.

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Exploring the lost land of Loulan

China Daily 22 Apr 2024

Among the greatest historical mysteries in the world, one draws the eyes of archaeologists and historians worldwide to the middle of nowhere in Northwest China -the legendary Loulan.

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Sindh to partner with Unesco for undersea exploration of Bhambore ruins

The News International 18 Apr 2024

... a two-member UNESCO delegation comprising archaeologists from Italy ... She said the archaeological ruins in Sindh received phenomenal attention from the concerned archaeologists all over the world.

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Nintendo has a new Indie World showcase coming April 17

Polygon 16 Apr 2024

The new Indie World showcase will stream live at 10 a.m ... You can watch April’s Indie World in the embedded video above. Nintendo’s most recent Indie World showcase dropped in November 2023, and featured Switch games Outer Wilds.

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Banquet hall frescoes unearthered in Pompeii

The Jordan Times 16 Apr 2024

Pompeii is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the second most visited tourist site in Italy, after the Colosseum in Rome. Archaeologists estimate that 15 to 20 per cent of Pompeii’s population died ...

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‘It’s plain elitist’: anger at Greek plan for €5,000 private tours of Acropolis

AOL 15 Apr 2024

But the measure – part of an overhaul of ticketing policy at more than 350 archaeological sites and museums managed by the Greek culture ministry – has triggered anger and derision, including from archaeologists.

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Buckle ‘shot off Cameron Clan chief at Culloden’ uncovered

The Times/The Sunday Times 12 Apr 2024

Artefacts including a shoe buckle thought to have belonged to a clan chief wounded in battle at Culloden have been uncovered by archaeologists ... • Culloden ‘changed the history of the world’.

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Metal detectorists find ancient portrait in Danish field. See the ‘legend’ it depicts

The Island Packet 12 Apr 2024

The find “hides stories of power, intrigue and murder in the ancient world,” archaeologists said ....

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Stunning frescoes of mythological characters uncovered in Pompeii

CNN 11 Apr 2024

Archaeologists working at the world-famous site have uncovered a banqueting hall with black-painted walls covered with frescoes of mythological characters associated with the Trojan War ... Her warning of the fall of Troy, for example, went unheeded ... .

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