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Mohamed al-Hakim

Recently recovered antiquities are displayed at the foreign ministry, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 29, 2019. (AP)

Iraq displays stolen artifacts recovered from UK, Sweden

Egypt

The Bent Pyramid marked a turning point from the step-sided pyramids to the smooth-sided ones. (Joan Carles Tarda)

Egypt’s famous Bent Pyramid, a marvel of ancient geometry

Marc Espanol-34622

Iraq

A general view of a replica of Ishtar Gate at the site of Babylon, a kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia, now located in modern day city of Hillah. (dpa)

Iraq celebrates naming Babylon a UNESCO World Heritage site

Egypt

Hikers in Um Bogma. (Antoine Naggar)

Um Bugma’s mysterious charm on Sinai Trail

Marc Espanol-34622

Iraq

Damaged statues at the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul. (AFP)

Iraq’s archaeological sites face looting, urbanisation threats

Karen Dabrowska

UK

A sculpture shows Ashurbanipal hunting on hosrseback. (British Museum)

British Museum brings ancient Assyrian Empire to life

Karen Dabrowska

Lebanon

Curator Hala Younes (3rd-L) at the inauguration of the Lebanese pavilion. (La Biennale di Venezia)

Lebanon’s architectural landscape reinvented at Venice biennale

Israel

A general view of Jerusalem's old city shows the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, October 25, 2015. (Reuters)

How should we be teaching the Palestine-Israel conflict?

Mahmud el-Shafey

tunisia

Entrance to the archaeological site in Bulla Regia. (Wikipedia)

Tunisia’s Roman ruins of Bulla Regia majestically stand