Efforts to repatriate Greek artifacts from abroad, such as the campaign to reclaim the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum, tend to get all the attention. But the biggest, latest news on the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Civil Administration seizes dozens of archaeological artifacts from the Burj Lasana site north of Ramallah in the West Bank, ...

A Byzantine monastery with a colorful mosaic floor bearing a Greek inscription has been uncovered during work by the Israel Land Authority on a real estate development in Karmey Gat North. “This is ...

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Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands of ...