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Does This Peculiar Statue Found at an Ancient Egyptian Temple Really Depict Cleopatra?
Experts on the hunt for the queen's tomb believe that they’ve found a small bust of her—but not everyone agrees ...
He’s a Security Guard at the Met. Now His Work Is Showing There.
As it turned out, the visitor was not really a visitor at all. He was a Met curator, planning a big new exhibit with ancient ...
Fairytale ending for humble Met Museum security guard
Armia Malak Khalil, 45, of New Jersey, first stepped into the Met in November 2006 as a visitor. Today, not only is he a ...
Royal treasures hidden in cathedral crypt were lost for decades — until now. See them
A cathedral in Lithuania hid the 450-year-old treasures ahead of World War II, then spent 85 years looking for them.
Syria’s national museum opens its doors to new era following fall of Assad
Syria’s national museum opened its doors on Wednesday for the first time after the ouster of the former president Bashar ...