Austrian archaeologists found a Babylonian seal near the ancient town of Avaris, in Egypt. Irene Forstner-M üller of the Austrian Archaeological Institute says the seal confirms contact between the Babylonians and the Hyksos, who ruled Egypt between 1640 and 1530 B.C.  

During the Revolutionary War, British troops razed the West Parish Meeting House in Connecticut, using a tactic called “desolation warfare.” Today, nothing of the building is left on the surface of the ground, but archaeologists have unearthed shards of glass and pottery.   

Here’s more information on the eighteenth-century tombstone found beneath New York City’s Washington Square Park.  

An historic cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, may also hold remains of Yellow Fever victims.  

National Geographic News has picked up the story on the witch bottle discovered near a former pub in England.  

Prehistoric human remains uncovered during construction work on private land in Nebraska have been turned over to the Santee Sioux tribe for reburial.  

Marine archaeologist Robert Grenier talks about his search for the Erebus and Terror, the two ships used by Sir John Franklin during his 1845 expedition to the Canadian Arctic.  

Macedonia continues to battle the plunder of its archaeological heritage. Many artifacts are reportedly smuggled across the border into Greece.  

Bulgaria has a new Cultural Heritage Act that collectors say is too restrictive, and archaeologists say is too lax. 

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