A hoard of coins, jewels, and an icon has been discovered in medieval Moscow, among a well, a palisade, and signs of a fire. “These are unique coins. As a matter of fact, these are the earliest Moscow money,” commented archaeologist Alexander Veksler.

A skull and bones likely to have belonged to an American Indian were unearthed near Oregon’s Rogue River. The bones are thought to be between 200 and 300 years old.   

A team from the University of Helsinki is excavating a mountain village, discovered in 1935, where workers who dug tombs in the Valley of the Kings once lived. “Fortunately, while we still have some surface cleaning to do, documentation and conservation are off to a good start,” said Jaana Toivari-Viitala, docent of Egyptology.  

People living in Iran’s Burnt City 5,000 years ago used their teeth to work natural fibers and make wicker products and textiles, according to archaeologist Mansour Seyyed Sajjadi.   A second article on the Burnt City tells of a child’s skeleton that was uncovered. Archaeologists say that the child died of carbon monoxide poisoning before his or her body burned.  

On January 31, English Heritage and the National Trust will announce their decision whether or not to rebury the skeleton of a three-year-old child unearthed in 1929. The skeleton was found at the Neolithic site of Windmill Hill, near a stone circle.   

The recent discovery of the head of a marble figurine in Jerusalem has prompted another article on the hoard of gold coins discovered at the same site last month.  Here are some more photographs of the little marble head.

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