Archaeologists and volunteers have found the shoreline of a sheltered lagoon where the invading Roman forces first landed in Britain in 43 A.D. The spot is now two miles inland at Richborough Roman Fort, in Kent.

Are you looking for a job? Italy needs a new chief curator to run all of its museums.   

A bowl discovered in the underwater ruins of Alexandria’s ancient harbor is inscribed with the words “DIA CHRSTOU O GOISTAIS,” interpreted as “by Christ the magician,” or “the magician by Christ.” The bowl has been dated to between the late second century B.C. and the early first century A.D., and may have been used by a soothsayer in fortune telling rituals.  

A large gate has reportedly been uncovered at Pelinna, in central Greece.  

The weather has cleared, and the salvage of a Portuguese shipwreck discovered off Namibia’s Skeleton Coast will continue as planned. Some officials thought that work would have to stop today.  

New York State archivist Daniel D. Lorello will be sentenced today for stealing artifacts and documents from the state’s Library and Archives.  

Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, clears up some rumors about the pillar of Merenptah in Al-Ahram.

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