An underground complex of caves containing human bones and pottery in the Yucatan could be one of the paths to Xibalba, the Maya underworld, according to archaeologist Guillermo de Anda. “These sacred tunnels and caves were natural temples and annexes to temples on the surface,” he said.

Paleontologists looking for dinosaur skeletons discovered a Stone Age cemetery in the Sahara that was used by two different cultures separated by 1,000 years.  

The two fetus mummies in King Tut’s tomb have been studied in the past. Discovery News offers information on those investigations, and the latest on the DNA testing.  

Computer scientists at Princeton University have developed an automated system to assist archaeologists with reassembling excavated fresco or mosaic pieces. “We mimic the archaeologists’ methods as much as possible, so that they can really use our system as a tool,” said associate professor Szymon Rusinkiewicz.  

The Canadian government will launch a search for the Erebus and Terror, two ships lost in the 1840s under the command of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Franklin and his crew of 129 men were lost when the ships were locked in heavy ice.

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