Young hobbits living on the Indonesian island of Flores may have been hunted by giant marabou storks. “In my opinion, the associated fauna is crucial in understanding the evolution of H. floresiensis,” said palaeontologist Hanneke Meijer of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Chris Kortlander, founding director of the Custer Battlefield Museum in Montana, is suing the federal agents who raided his property in March 2005. The agents had been looking for evidence that Kortlander was illegally buying and selling American Indian artifacts.  

Learn about the use of math in ancient Egypt from this article in the New York Times.  

A small luxury hotel set within a new Museum of Rome is reportedly being planned for Via dei Cherchi. The hotel will have views of the Palatine Hill.  

UNESCO lists 100 sites threatened by melting glaciers and permafrost, rising ocean levels, tornadoes and hurricanes, and spreading deserts caused by global warming.  

Researchers in medical physics and applied radiation sciences are analyzing the metallurgical content of ancient Greek and Roman coins. The information will help archaeologist Spencer Pope figure out where the coins were minted and how they may have circulated.

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