Indonesian fisherman spotted a shipwreck that was probably pushed closer to shore by last October’s tsunami. The ship may date to the fourteenth century. 

Jawbones recovered from a warrior’s burial at Teotihuacan in 2004 have been identified as crossbred wolf-dogs. “In oral traditions and old chronicles, dog-like animals appear with symbols of power or divinity. But we did not have skeletal evidence…this is the first time we have proof,” said Francisco De Anda of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History.  

Fragments of a statue depicting the god Hapi and Amenhotep III sitting together have been uncovered near the pharaoh’s mortuary temple in Luxor. Many other statue fragments were also found. “Because the statues were ritually significant they could not be destroyed, the ancient Egyptians gathered the fallen statues and buried them in a cache beside the temple,” explained Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s antiquities department.  

Archaeologists are excavating the site of the Battle of Worcester in Worcester, England, ahead of a construction project. “We’re hoping to find material from the 1651 [Civil War] battle,” said project manager Hal Dalwood.  

The President’s House memorial has opened near Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, on the site of the first American presidential residence. George Washington is known to have kept nine enslaved Africans on the property. “I think one layer of historical amnesia is being swept away,” commented Gary Nash of the University of California, Los Angeles.  

Prosecutors in Italy are investigating nine people for the recent collapses at Pompeii.  

Three Bulgarians were arrested in Greece for antiquities smuggling.

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