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Wicked Stepmother No Longer, a Female Pharoah Gets a Reputational Makeover
ByFranz Lidz March 24, 2026March 25, 2026

A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be.

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Roman-Era Treasures Stolen From Syria’s National Museum
ByEuan Ward November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

The Damascus museum theft set off an official investigation in what may be one of Syria’s largest losses of antiquities in recent years.

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Relics From an Ancient Egyptian ‘Party Town’ Are Pulled Out of the Sea
ByJenny Gross August 28, 2025

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought.

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