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4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Swords Seized in the U.S.: Suspected Looted Artifacts Traced to Iran
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia recently intercepted a shipment of 4,000-year-old Bronze Age swords that had been falsely declared as ordinary “metal decorative articles.” Inside, however, were 36 copper-alloy short swords and 50 copper-alloy arrowheads—authentic Bronze Age weapons dating back nearly 4,000 years. The artifacts, believed to originate from northwestern Iran, were…
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5,000-Year-Old Rock Art Sites Discovered in Saudi Arabia’s Soudah Peaks
A rugged highland zone in southwestern Saudi Arabia has yielded one of the most extensive recent rock art discoveries in the region. The Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission, working in partnership with Soudah Development, has announced the identification of 20 previously undocumented rock art sites across the Soudah Peaks area. The newly recorded sites lie within…
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Ancient Underground Water Channel Unearthed in Yemen’s Dhamar Valley Reveals Advanced Irrigation Engineering
Archaeologists in Yemen’s Dhamar Governorate have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved underground water channel in the valley of Wadi Hijrat Munathidah — a discovery that sheds new light on the hydraulic ingenuity of the ancient Sabaean and Himyarite civilizations. The subterranean tunnel, measuring between 1.5 and 2 meters in depth and about half a meter wide,…