Nineteen amphoras thought to have been looted from a shipwreck were recovered by Spain’s Guardia Civil. Two people were arrested.

Anthropologist Larry J. Zimmerman of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and student Jessica Welch, used archaeological methods to study homelessness in downtown Indianapolis. “A much better way to deliver aid is to target what they actually need, and our work on the material culture of the homeless may help us find out what that really is,” Zimmerman explained.  

Heavy rain in Rome has damaged the cement covering placed over the Lapis Niger, a black marble stone marking the spot where Romulus is traditionally said to have been murdered. The covering will be removed and replaced with a canopy.  

Scientists have found more than 1,500 artifacts while searching for Boston’s filled-in Great Pond. “We can analyze the pond sediments and see what different types of pollen are in there. … It allows us to reconstruct what Dorchester was like before colonization,” said Allen Gontz of the University of Massachusetts at Boston.  

Pittsburgh celebrates its 250^th birthday this week.

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