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Stolen fragment of 3,400-year-old statue of Ramses II returned to Egypt

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July 11, 2023

Stolen fragment of 3,400-year-old statue of Ramses II returned to Egypt More than 30 years after its theft, Switzerland handed back to Egypt on Monday a fragment of a 3,400-year-old statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II. Carine Bachmann,…

Revealing Pompeii’s Lost Souls: Unprecedented CT Scans Illuminate Ancient Tragedy

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May 21, 2023

Revealing Pompeii’s Lost Souls: Unprecedented CT Scans Illuminate Ancient Tragedy After being entombed in ash for more than 1,900 years, the victims of the devastating eruption in Pompeii are being brought to life using modern-day imaging technology. Archaeologists have spent…