Climate change sinking Arctic archeological treasures
- 29-Jun-2018
OTTAWA: A mad rush is needed to preserve or catalogue thousands of Arctic archeological sites before they are washed away by warming hastening the thaw of permafrost and coastal erosion, a study said Thursday. For millennia, the cold has conserved ivory artifacts, driftwood houses and human remains in often near-perfect conditions. But with faster and […]
ISIS discovers treasures and destroys them at ancient Syria site
- 07-Aug-2016
TAL AJAJA: When the Islamic State group captured Tal Ajaja, one of Syria's most important Assyrian-era sites, they discovered previously unknown millennia-old statues and cuneiform tablets, and then they destroyed them.