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A round up of some ofbthe more interesting news items in archaeology and travel from last week: from new UNESCO World Heritage Sites to a new blockbuster exhibition in San Francisco from Egypt.
Greece has completed a major upgrade of the Ancient Agora of Athens, introducing improved accessibility, modern visitor facilities and enhanced monument conservation at the Ancient Agora in Athens
https://t.co/VA3qjOjNb0
Blockbuster exhibition 'Treasure of the Pharaohs' at De Young Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco opened last week, runs through to 31 January 2027.
https://t.co/C7JkaJ7vV7
Archaeologists in southwestern Germany have unearthed two miniature bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory, among the smallest and most delicate examples of Ice Age art ever found.
https://t.co/HuLO07DLDc
🔴 BREAKING!
New inscription on the @UNESCO#WorldHeritage List: Beaches of the D-Day Landings, Normandy, 1944, #France 🇫🇷.
➡️ https://t.co/iO4B0Cjg9u #48WHC
🔴 BREAKING!
New inscription on the @UNESCO#WorldHeritage List: The system of Italian-style condominio theatres of the 18th and 19th centuries in Central Italy, #Italy 🇮🇹.
➡️ https://t.co/C6jDu4Fz5g #48WHC
🔴 BREAKING!
Just inscribed on the @UNESCO#WorldHeritage List: Berlin Modernism Housing Estates: Extension to include Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf [extension], #Germany 🇩🇪.
➡️ https://t.co/iO4B0Cjg9u #48WHC
📢💣 ¡Atapuerca vuelve a maravillarnos!
La 49ª campaña acaba de concluir con impresionantes resultados: más de 24 fósiles de Homo antecessor, industria y ocupación neandertal, y fauna, en intervenciones en 12 yacimientos claves para la evolución humana.
¡Vamos a disfrutarlo! 🧵👇
The Greek Ministry of Culture and the Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development have launched a new way to experience Greece’s most famous historical site, the Acropolis.
https://t.co/eMMbkyUBPM