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Chasing the Lydian Hoard

Author Sharon Waxman digs into the tangle over looted artifacts between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Turkish government

Gobekli Tepe

Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?

Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization

Andrew Curry

Andrew Curry on "The World's First Temple?"

Stonehenge secrets

New Light on Stonehenge

The first dig in 44 years within the inner circle changes our view of why—and even when—the monument was built

Monastery from inside the ramparts

In Iraq, a Monastery Rediscovered

Near Mosul, War Has Helped and Hindered Efforts to Excavate the 1,400-Year-Old Dair Mar Elia Monastery

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