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Tall task: Workers finish drilling 46 holes down through the Salt Lake Temple’s stone walls
Five years into the massive overhaul of the historic Salt Lake Temple, workers recently completed a three-year project to delicately drill 46 holes down through its stone walls. Workers used ...
3,000-year-old pagan shrine sealed by Jesus’ ancestors is opened in ‘dramatic’ discovery
When we found it, it was exactly as it was here 2,800 years ago,” one researcher said of the site in the ancient heart of ...
Archaeologists Just Uncovered A One-Of-A-Kind Ancient Ritual Site
Archaeologists believe they’ve fully excavated eight rooms carved from stone, which were used for ritual practices during the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Blocks From Hatshepsut’s Temple in Egypt
Officials have announced a number of discoveries during excavations around the valley temple of the powerful Egyptian queen, ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Researchers Have Found an Inca Tunnel Beneath the Peruvian City of Cusco
It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru, the capital of the ancient Incan ...
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Stone weight likely used in First Temple uncovered
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A stone weight likely used to weigh silver donations to the First Temple in Jerusalem was uncovered in earth from the foundation stones of the Western Wall. The tiny stone ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Lunar New Year
A boy jumps to touch red lanterns hung on trees at the Ditan Park ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) People offer prayers at the Baiyun Taoist ...
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Egypt uncovers blocks from 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut temple
CAIRO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have uncovered intact portions of the foundation wall of pharaonic ... decorated stone blocks on the outskirts of Hatshepsut's funerary temple above was ...