An Iraqi worker excavates a rock-carving relief recently found at the Mashki Gate. Courtesy of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities & Heritage

Millennial ancient carvings been discovered at monument damaged by Islamic State.

The seven reliefs made of alabaster depict the military victories of Sennacherib, a Neo-Assyrian king. Archaeologists have stumbled upon a series of stone carvings while working on the reconstruction of the Mashki Gate in Mosul, Iraq, which Islamic State (IS) destroyed in 2016. The Mashki Gate was one of the grand gateways to the ancient…

October 26, 2022

Possible gladiator tombs were found during excavations in the ancient Roman city of Anazarbus (modern Anavarza) in Turkey, near the Roman amphitheater. (photo by Ozan Efeoğlu via Anadolu Images)

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Archaeologists claim to have found ancient gladiator tombs In Southern Turkey

The Roman-era graveyard situated in Anazarbus (modern Anavarza), in the southern Adana province of the nation.

August 19, 2022

A parked car fallen in a sink hole. Photo: Christopher Sadowski, 2020.

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Haus der Kulturen der Welt presents conference Die Zivilisationsfrage

May 27–29, 2022 In 2022, HKW is seeking to instigate conversations on the structuring forces of this moment of danger. The questions that need asking are unsettling and pressing: hence we call them Zivilisationsfragen. Tackling them, however, requires that received histories about the development of humankind and civilization are scientifically being challenged and that revised and new…

May 23, 2022