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Archaeologists Are Recreating the Long-Lost Recipe for Egyptian Blue, the World’s Oldest Known Synthetic Pigment
Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the ...
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Egypt to repatriate 16 artefacts recovered by authorities in the United States
The repatriation of these stolen artefacts was ... in New York City during the ongoing major investigation in the smuggling of Egyptian antiquities to the United States and France.
Universities holding African American artifacts must shift from a focus on property to one of repair
By turning to legal intervention, universities treat artifacts as intellectual property and miss important opportunities to ...
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The heritage repatriation debate
and Egyptian demands for its repatriation began in 1924. CEILING OF THE DENDERA TEMPLE: The ceiling of the Dendera Temple is a bas-relief ceiling taken from the Hathor Temple at Dendera in Upper ...
‘We need to get them back’: Ancient remains returned to Nevada tribe underscore repatriation efforts
It may have taken the better part of 15 years, but Warren Graham finally had a package ready for pickup last month. As the ...
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Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt
Like those mudskippers, also known as mudlarks, who scour riverbanks for artifacts from London’s past—Roman pottery, Victorian silverware—everyday citizens report dugout sightings across ...