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Nabatean tomb at the archaeological site of Hegra, one of many found at AlUla in Saudi Arabia. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hegra was a key city of the Kingdom of Nabatea, whose capital was based at Petra in Jordan. The...

A rare example of Neolithic daggers made by pressure knapping, found in a group burial Ba'ja, north of Petra, Jordan, 7500-7000 BCE. The Jordan Museum, Amman.

Petra tou Romiou ("Rock of the Greek"), also known as Aphrodite's Rock, is said to be the site of the birth of the goddess Aphrodite on the island of Cyprus. It is located southeast of Paphos in the southern part of Cyprus...

Inscribed stone boundary marker from Chalkidiki, c.350 to 300 BCE. Archaeological Museum of Thessalonika. It is an example of ancient Greek boundary markers, known as horoi, and it contains...

The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna is an on-site archaeological museum on the island of Crete. It houses artefacts found in the nearby archaeological site of Eleutherna and the necropolis of Orthi Petra.

Marble altar sacred to Dushares Puteoli. 1st century CE. Museo dei Campo Flegrei, (National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia). A beautiful piece of Italian Carrrara marble fashioned into an altar to Dushares...

Keffie says, "I have a Ph.D. in Archaeology and am currently on the faculty in the Classics Department at UMass Amherst. As an archaeologist in the field for over 10 years, I have worked at sites...

Thillai Natarajah Temple, Chidambaram or Chidambaram temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in the town of Chidambaram, East-Central Tamil Nadu, South...