Footings of the northeastern corner of The Theatre are thought to have been uncovered in east London. William Shakespeare’s early plays were performed here with the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, until the building was dismantled and its timbers used to construct The Globe in 1599.

Antiquities and weapons were seized from a bus on the Indus Highway by officers from Pakistan’s Intelligence and Investigation FBR. Two people were arrested.  

A cave in eastern Morocco has yielded Paleolithic burials of two infants. Their bones had been covered with red ochre and their graves marked with blue-colored limestone rocks. “My feeling is that they died naturally and were grieved, and buried in a way similar to that of older members of the community,” said paleoanthropologist Louise Humphrey of the Natural History Museum in London.  

The third and final location of the well-known Wilson Pottery has been designated a State Archeological Landmark by the Texas Historical Commission. “The significance of Wilson Pottery is apparent in the unique stoneware that was created as well as in the pottery’s history as being one of the few owned and operated by an African-American in the post-slavery South,” said state archaeologist Pat Mercado-Allinger.  

Excavation of a monastery in the north of Scotland suggests that the Picts, often depicted as “wild tribesmen,” had “built a highly sophisticated culture.” The monastery was burned and its carved stones were smashed in the ninth century, probably by invading Vikings.  

The Bangkok Post has published some information on Ta Moan Thom, the second ancient temple to be caught up in the border disputes between Thailand and Cambodia.  

Aerial photographs revealed 4,000-year-old graves, walls, palisades, and pillars arranged in rings similar to Stonehenge in eastern Germany. “It is the first finding of this kind on the European mainland which we have been able to excavate fully and which shows a structure we have until now only seen in Britain,” said Andre Spatzier, head of the excavation team.  

Two mummified fetuses found in Tutankhamun’s tomb will undergo DNA tests to see if they are related to the pharaoh.  

Here’s another article on new DNA research that challenges the idea that chickens were brought to South America by Polynesians before the arrival of Europeans.

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