These finds predate country's most well-known archaeological site, Machu Picchu, by roughly 3,500 years.

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If passed, the bill would expand Israeli civilian influence over archaeological sites in Palestine.

Experts believe the statue was carefully placed in the sewer around the time of an earthquake.

The 51,200-year-old image shows a pig surrounded by human-like figures.

The museum has more than 40,000 objects from the ancient city in its holdings.

It is believed to date to the 4th millennium BCE, making it one of Europe's earliest known funerary monuments.

Previously mistaken for a symmetrical rock formation, researchers have identified an ancient sand sculpture of a stingray.

Archaeologists believe that the people found within may have died of orthopedic diseases.

The vandal will have to pay for the necessary restoration work to remove the graffiti from the ancient wall.