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 

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 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

An archaeologist from the University of San Marcos works at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

An archaeologist from the University of San Marcos works at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

Archaeologists from the University of San Marcos work at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 

A general view of "Casa de La Luna" during a media tour to Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) work in the restoration of Chichen Viejo during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) work in the restoration of Chichen Viejo during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) work in the restoration of Chichen Viejo during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

A view of the Platform of the Turtle during a media tour in Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) work in the restoration of Chichen Viejo during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) sweep leaves near the Platform of the Turtle during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) work in the restoration of Chichen Viejo during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

A man stands in "La Casa de los Caracoles" during a media tour to Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

An aspect of the facade of the "Palacio de los Falos" during a media tour to Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

A general view of the "Templo de la Serie Inicial" during a media tour in Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

A general view of the "Palacio de los Falos" during a media tour to Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) work in the restoration of Chichen Viejo during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

Workers of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) work in the restoration of Chichen Viejo during a media tour at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

A reporter takes pictures of the "Templo de la Serie Inicial" during a media tour in Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

An Egyptian employee works at the 4,000-year-old tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings, after restoration by a Polish mission in Luxor and Egyptian archaeologists, by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt February 9, 2023. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY 

A women takes a selfie after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A worker walks in front of the Pyramid of Djoser after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Statues are displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A statue is displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

An artifact is displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Statues are displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

An artifact is displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A man sits inside a tomb after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Statues are displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass speaks during the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

People work at the site after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Community guide Manuel Centeno shows a map of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A community guide leads mules in a camp of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A spider monkey is painted on a wall at the camp of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

LiDAR technology expert Josephine Thompson explains the new discoveries in La Danta temple at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A Mayan figurehead carved on stone at Temple 313 is seen at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

Community guide Manuel Centeno shows a detail of the Jaguar Paw Temple at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele