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U.S. Repatriates Looted Cultural Artifacts to Indonesia

07/24/2026

The United States has repatriated a collection of looted cultural artifacts to Indonesia, according to a report by the Associated Press. The handover took place July 22 at a meeting between Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto and FBI director Kash Patel …

Метки : репатриацияиндонезияпапуакультурное наследиеконтрабандаархеология

Newly Discovered Tombs Offer Rare Insight Into Ancient Egyptian Society

07/23/2026

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered three rock-cut tombs dating to Egypt’s New Kingdom period (ca. 1550–1070 B.C.) at the Bubasteion Necropolis in Saqqara. The news was first reported by Ahram Online. Located 40 km southwest of Cairo, Saqqara was …

Метки : археологиядревний египетсаккарановое царствонадписитайна

The Backlash to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Misses the Point

07/22/2026

Months before Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey hit theaters, many on the internet had seemingly already reached a conclusion. The armor was wrong. Agamemnon’s black, plasticky helmet looked, one widely shared post complained, was like something out of a Batman movie. …

Метки : киноантичностьгомеровские эпосыисторическая достоверностьархеология

Italy's culture ministry granted permission to authenticate the statue

07/21/2026

Is Italy’s famous 6th-century BCE statue known as the “Warrior of Capestrano” a Mussolini-backed forgery? Recently granted permission to test the mysterious statue, held in Abruzzo’s National Archaeology Museum in Chieti, central Italy, may have the answers, reports the Times …

Метки : археологиямуссолиниподделкирасследованиемузеииталия

2500-Year-Old Necropolis Discovered Under Italian Pasta Factory

07/21/2026

Archeologists conducting preventative excavations ahead of an industrial expansion in southern Italy have discovered a well-preserved, 2,500-year-old necropolis. The news was first reported at a press conference held on July 15 by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape …

Метки : археологиянекрополькампанияархаический периоддревние находкиторговые связи

Calakmul Mural Identified as Early Depiction of Maya Hero Juun Ajaw

07/17/2026

Researchers have identified what they believe is one of the oldest known representations of the mythical Maya hero Juun Ajaw at the ancient city of Calakmul in Mexico. Their findings, which were based on three years of research and analysis, …

Метки : археологиямайяcalakmulфрескаjuun ajawритуалы

Research Says Famous Chinese Artifact Was Assembled from Many Pieces

07/15/2026

New research suggests that a treasured bronze artifact excavated from the Sanxingdui archaeological site in China is an assemblage of different parts made in different areas at different points in time—“offering fresh evidence of ancient trade networks and advanced metalworking …

Метки : археологияsanxingduiбронзаметалловедениедревняя торговлятайна

Hieroglyphs Reveal Name of Ancient Mayan Astronomer for the First Time

07/14/2026

Archaeologists excavating Xultun, a large Mayan site in northeast Guatemala, have identified the name of an 8th-century Mayan astronomer-mathematician who wrote a calendrical formula on an interior wall of a small masonry building. The individual’s name, Sak Tahn Waax, translates …

Метки : археологиямайяастрономияматематикагватемаладревние надписи

Archeologists Find Previously Unknown Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Noble

07/14/2026

Archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown tomb in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Sheikh Abd El-Qurna on Luxor’s West Bank. The 3,000-year-old monument contains colorful wall paintings as well as inscriptions identifying the former occupant as a man named Paser. …

Метки : археологиядревний египетлуксоргробницыраскопкитайна

US Returns Two 8th-Century Looted Bronze Buddha Statues to Indonesia

07/11/2026

On Wednesday, the Indonesian Consulate in New York hosted an event celebrating the return of two 8th-century bronze sculptures to Indonesia. According to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the Buddhist sculptures …

Метки : репатриацияархеологияконтрабандаиндонезияантиквариат

British Archeologists Find 5800-Year-Old Neolithic Monument in Suffolk

07/11/2026

British archeologists have uncovered a type of Neolithic earthwork called a long enclosure on England’s Suffolk coast. The news was first reported by Heritage Daily, following an announcement by Oxford Cotswold Archeology (OCA). A charity that conducts archeological research, OCA …

Метки : археологиянеолитсаффолкsizewell cраскопкимонументальная археология

Egyptian Archeologists Discover Sealed Tombs at Ancient Coastal City

07/10/2026

Egyptian archeologists have found 18 previously unknown Ptolomeic and Roman tombs, as well as a stone sarcophagus and rare grave goods, at the Marina el-Alamein archeological site near Alexandria. The news was first reported by Heritage Daily on July 4, …

Метки : археологиядревний египетmarina el-alameinсаркофагпогребальные амулетыантичность

New York Authorities Return 59 Antiquities to Italy, Iraq, Indonesia

07/09/2026

Fifty-nine antiquities looted from Italy, Iraq, and Indonesia, including 45 seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, have been returned to their countries of origin, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday. Among the objects seized from the Met …

Метки : репатриациякультурное наследиеконтрабандамузеиархеологиярасследование

2,000-Year-Old Gold Rings Found in Thailand by Human Bones

07/07/2026

An archaeological dig in western Thailand turned up a pair of gold rings in the vicinity of human bones. As reported by the Associated Press, one of the rings bears script that reads “pusarakhitasa,” which means “the one protected by …

Метки : археологиятаиландзолотожелезный векартефактытайна