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The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Larger-than-life scenes carved on each of its exterior walls offered ancient worshippers ... The hall’s reliefs were still completely covered in soot when, in 2018, a joint Egyptian-German ...

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MUMMIFICATION of sacred animals is a familiar practice in the annals of Ancient Egypt ... she declared herself King of Egypt. On one side of the chamber were uninscribed rectangular coffins ...