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Dead Sea Scrolls to Hit the Web: 4 More Ancient Texts Google Should Digitize

(Oct. 19) -- Google announced today that, in a combined effort with the Israel Antiquities Authority, the search engine will soon be offering digital versions of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, an artifact widely considered to be among the greatest archaeological findings of the past century. Why stop there? Knowing...

Judge Mulls Verdict in Jesus Forgery Trial

JERUSALEM (Oct. 5) -- The discovery in 2002 of a limestone burial box with the Hebrew inscription "James son of Joseph brother of Jesus" electrified the world of archaeology. If genuine, the burial box, or ossuary, would be the only archaeological artifact yet found with a possible direct link to Jesus of Nazareth. Amid...

Missing Artifacts Found in Iraqi PM's Office, No Foul Play Suspected

(Sept. 22) -- Hundreds of Iraqi artifacts that had been spirited out of the country during the war, recovered and lost again have been found (finally!) in the prime minister's office. According to Iraq's antiquities minister, the items were misplaced, and no accusations have been made against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...

Background on antiquities

Antiquities, nearly always used in the plural in this sense, is a term for objects from Antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Egypt and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures.

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