Category: CULTURE
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Pakistan unearths the city defeated by Alexander the Great
The ruins that Italian archaeologists have unearthed in modern-day Barikot, in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, once belonged to Bazira, the city conquered by Alexander the Great. In short, Italian archaeologists working in the Italian-Pakistani excavations in the Swat valley did not go on vacation this summer. Bazira is mentioned in classical sources as having been put…
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Grand Egyptian Museum construction to be completed by the end of 2016
The ministry aims to have the museum partially-opened by mid-2017, keeping in mind several suggestions to increase its resources. According to dailynewsegypt.com, the Minister of Antiquities, Khaled El-Anany has discussed new sources of revenue for the ministry, such as offering package ticket deals to tourists, which include several archeological sites at discounted rates. El-Anany also mentioned that the…
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Archaeo Delta Photography Exhibition
The exhibition aims to document archaeological expeditions in various sites located in the Egyptian Delta in a rather unprecedented manner. The exhibition includes various photographs of archaeological sites and other landscapes, as well as photographs of two non-deltaic sites. The exhibition will also display pictures of the following archaeological expeditions: Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit…
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Philippi becomes UNESCO World Heritage site
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