Two people look at an ancient artifact at the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky 

An archaeologist displays ancient bronze daggers at an antiquities restoration hall at the Military Museum, that gives Yemenis a glimpse of the conflicts their country has gone through, in Sanaa, Yemen March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

An archaeologist repairs an ancient bronze dagger at the Military Museum that gives Yemenis a glimpse of the conflicts their country has gone through, in Sanaa, Yemen March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

An archaeologist repairs an ancient bronze dagger at the Military Museum that gives Yemenis a glimpse of the conflicts their country has gone through, in Sanaa, Yemen March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

A combination picture shows a view of the ancient Colosseum before and during Earth Hour in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi 

A combination picture shows a view of the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during and after Earth Hour in Athens, Greece, March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

A view of the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during Earth Hour in Athens, Greece, March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

A view of the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill after Earth Hour in Athens, Greece, March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

A view of the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during Earth Hour in Athens, Greece, March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

The ancient Colosseum is seen after the lights are switched off for Earth Hour in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi REFILE - CORRECTING TIME 

The ancient Colosseum is seen before the lights are switched off for Earth Hour in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi 

Participants take a selfie during a festival marking Nauryz, an ancient holiday celebrating the spring equinox, in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev 

Participants ride horses during a festival marking Nauryz, an ancient holiday celebrating the spring equinox, in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev 

Faiza Sarhan, 50, a member of the ancient Sabean Mandaean religion, stands in front of a cultural centre that she runs for her community in Erbil, Iraq February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Amina Ismail 

Foreign tourists walk at the ancient city of Nineveh, after Mosul's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group in 2017, in Mosul, Iraq, March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid 

Foreign tourists stand at the ancient city of Nineveh, after Mosul's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group in 2017, in Mosul, Iraq, March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid 

A sheep grazes the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Gaspare De Martino, 40, poses for a photo as his sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Director of the Pompeii archaeological park Gabriel Zuchtriegel poses for a photo as sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

A sheep grazes the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Sheep graze the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people take part in the reading from the Book of Esther during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people take part in the reading from the Book of Esther during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people take part in the reading from the Book of Esther during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people take part in the reading from the Book of Esther during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people take part in the reading from the Book of Esther during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people take part in the reading from the Book of Esther during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man reads from the Book of Esther during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people wear costumes during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys wear costumes during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy wears a costume during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys wear costumes during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy wears a costume during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy wears a costume during the Jewish holiday of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther, in Ashdod, Israel, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

ATTENTION EDITORS – IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Israel Antiquities Authority after publication issued a statement that the inscription bearing the name Darius the Great is not authentic. "Following the publication, the expert who participated in the excavation expedition last August, contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority. She is one of the few researchers specializing in ancient Aramaic inscriptions, and admitted demonstrating to a group of students the manner in which sherds were inscribed in ancient times. She then left the sherd on the site, which led to the erroneous identification. She was questioned and said this was done unintentionally and without malice." A 2,500-year-old stone is shown with the inscription of the name of the Persian king Darius the Great, who was the father of King Ahasuerus from the Book of Esther, that is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim, and the stone itself was used in ancient times as a confirmation of delivery of goods in a warehouse during the Persian period, in Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, March 1, 2023. It's first of its kind uncovered in Israel, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. REUTERS/Amir Cohen REFILE 

ATTENTION EDITORS – IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Israel Antiquities Authority after publication issued a statement that the inscription bearing the name Darius the Great is not authentic. "Following the publication, the expert who participated in the excavation expedition last August, contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority. She is one of the few researchers specializing in ancient Aramaic inscriptions, and admitted demonstrating to a group of students the manner in which sherds were inscribed in ancient times. She then left the sherd on the site, which led to the erroneous identification. She was questioned and said this was done unintentionally and without malice." A 2,500-year-old stone with the inscription of the name of the Persian king Darius the Great, who was the father of King Ahasuerus from the Book of Esther that is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim, is the first of its kind uncovered in Israel, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority, in Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, March 1, 2023. The stone was used in ancient times as a confirmation of delivery of goods in a warehouse during the Persian period. REUTERS/Amir Cohen REFILE 

ATTENTION EDITORS – IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Israel Antiquities Authority after publication issued a statement that the inscription bearing the name Darius the Great is not authentic. "Following the publication, the expert who participated in the excavation expedition last August, contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority. She is one of the few researchers specializing in ancient Aramaic inscriptions, and admitted demonstrating to a group of students the manner in which sherds were inscribed in ancient times. She then left the sherd on the site, which led to the erroneous identification. She was questioned and said this was done unintentionally and without malice." Saar Ganor a senior archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) speaks about the discovery of a 2,500-year-old stone with the inscription of the name of the Persian king Darius the Great, who was the father of King Ahasuerus from the Book of Esther that is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim, is the first of its kind uncovered in Israel, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority, in Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, March 1, 2023. The stone was used in ancient times as a confirmation of delivery of goods in a warehouse during the Persian period. REUTERS/Amir Cohen REFILE 

ATTENTION EDITORS – IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Israel Antiquities Authority after publication issued a statement that the inscription bearing the name Darius the Great is not authentic. "Following the publication, the expert who participated in the excavation expedition last August, contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority. She is one of the few researchers specializing in ancient Aramaic inscriptions, and admitted demonstrating to a group of students the manner in which sherds were inscribed in ancient times. She then left the sherd on the site, which led to the erroneous identification. She was questioned and said this was done unintentionally and without malice." A 2,500-year-old stone with the inscription of the name of the Persian king Darius the Great, who was the father of King Ahasuerus from the Book of Esther that is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim, is the first of its kind uncovered in Israel, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority, in Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, March 1, 2023. The stone was used in ancient times as a confirmation of delivery of goods in a warehouse during the Persian period. REUTERS/Amir Cohen REFILE 

U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, talks to Lina Mendoni, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports, during a visit to the ancient Agora in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Michael Varaklas/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accompanied by Lina Mendoni, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports look at the Acropolis hill during a visit to the ancient Agora in Athens, Greece February 21, 2023. Michael Varaklas/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Lina Mendoni, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports, pose for the media as the Acropolis hill is seen behind, during a visit to the ancient Agora in Athens, Greece February 21, 2023. Michael Varaklas/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to Lina Mendoni, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports, as he visits the temple of Hephaestus at the ancient Agora in Athens, Greece February 21, 2023. Michael Varaklas/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accompanied by Lina Mendoni, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports visits the temple of Hephaestus at the ancient Agora in Athens, Greece February 21, 2023. Michael Varaklas/Pool via REUTERS 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the temple of Hephaestus at the ancient Agora in Athens, Greece February 21, 2023. Michael Varaklas/Pool via REUTERS 

People sit together after evacuating their homes in the aftermath of an earthquake at Aleppo's ancient citadel, in the old city of Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A man walks near rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake at Aleppo's ancient citadel, in the old city of Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A boy stands on rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake near Aleppo's ancient citadel, in the old city of Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A poster depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is placed on Aleppo's ancient citadel, in the old city of Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A view shows rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake near Aleppo's ancient citadel, in the old city of Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi 

A man walks on the old Appian Way, ancient Rome's first highway, near the area where a life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules was discovered during sewer repair works in Rome, Italy, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane 

Restorer from Appia Antica archaeological park Sara Iovine cleans a life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules after it was discovered during sewer repair works near the old Appian Way, ancient Rome's first highway, in Rome, Italy, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane