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‘A violation of our history’: Palestinian uproar over Israel’s plan to seize historic West Bank site
ByJason Burke and Sufian Taha in Sebastia February 2, 2026

Residents of Sebastia say heritage project is pretext for massive land grab and expansion of Jewish settlementsThe Byzantine-era church lies half hidden in the shade. Roman columns rise from among the olive trees, even older ruins linked to Israelite k…

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The best of the long read in 2025
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 23, 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sell…

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‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem September 25, 2025

Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexityWhen the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Jerusalem this month, the itinerary his Israeli hosts laid on involved more archaeology…

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‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem September 25, 2025

Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexityWhen the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Jerusalem this month, the itinerary his Israeli hosts laid on involved more archaeology…

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Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike
ByAgence France-Presse in Jerusalem September 11, 2025

Officials hurriedly remove nearly three decades of finds in ‘high-risk operation’An official in charge of nearly three decades of archaeological finds in Gaza has described how the artefacts were hurriedly evacuated from a Gaza City building threatened…

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Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike
ByAgence France-Presse in Jerusalem September 11, 2025

Officials hurriedly remove nearly three decades of finds in ‘high-risk operation’An official in charge of nearly three decades of archaeological finds in Gaza has described how the artefacts were hurriedly evacuated from a Gaza City building threatened…

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Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted out of the sea off Alexandria
ByAgence France-Presse August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

Cranes hoisted statues from depths of submerged site that authorities say may be extension of ancient city of Canopus Egypt has unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, including buildings, artefacts and an …

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Syria’s treasure hunting fever – podcast
By July 14, 2025

What can be done to stop Syria’s unprecedented scramble for antiquities? William Christou reportsAfter the fall of Assad, a new business is booming in Syria: metal detectors. The items were previously banned by the regime for their supposed military ap…

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Syria’s treasure hunting fever – podcast
By July 14, 2025

What can be done to stop Syria’s unprecedented scramble for antiquities? William Christou reportsAfter the fall of Assad, a new business is booming in Syria: metal detectors. The items were previously banned by the regime for their supposed military ap…

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Skeleton found in pot is first ancient Egyptian to undergo whole genome analysis
ByIan Sample Science editor July 2, 2025

Unusual burial of man, thought to have been a potter, in sealed vessel may have helped DNA survive past four millenniaA man whose bones were shaped by a lifetime of hard labour more than 4,500 years ago has become the first ancient Egyptian to have his…

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