A 12,000-year-old deer antler carved into the shape of a bird is said to be the oldest known carving in China.

In South Korea, a tip from a former Marine led authorities to a mass grave of soldiers killed in the Korean War. “They are believed to be either North or South Korean troops,” said an official from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Scientists will try to identify the remains at a lab in Seoul.  

The bones of as many as 30 people were uncovered during construction work in Ireland. The site may have been a cemetery for an abbey in the sixteenth century.  

Seven Neolithic cave paintings in the Tadrart Acacus area of the Libyan Sahara were vandalized with spray paint. A former tour guide has been accused of the crime.  

Looters are targeting prehistoric sites on private land in northeastern Arkansas. “It’s a felony,” said Julie Morrow of the Arkansas Archaeological Survey. Looting is often associated with other crimes, including methamphetamine use, theft of farm equipment, and vandalism.  

A medieval marketplace has been unearthed from Cathedral Square in Peterborough, England. Archaeologists have found its limestone surfaces, streets, gutters, pottery, leather scraps, animal bones, and part of a bronze cauldron.  

A reporter from the Houston Chronicle spoke with family members of the late archaeologist Felipe Solis Olguin, director of the Mexican National Museum of Anthropology.  

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