Levee work at Oakville, Iowa, has prompted excavation of a 1,700-year-old village site near the confluence of the Iowa and Cedar rivers. “They ate a huge number of fish, and we also found turtle and deer bones,” says archaeologist Dave Benn. A summary of why archaeologist Chris Stevenson believes the eco-collapse on Easter Island wasn’t […]

China wants two sculptures–bronze rabbit and rat heads–that were among 12 animal head sculptures that were looted when the Old Summer Palace of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) was burned down by Anglo-French allied forces in 1860. The heads are due to be auctioned at Christie’s in Paris. Meanwhile, Beijing will lend 29 Qing Dynasty artifacts to […]