A bronze, enameled rooster figurine was discovered in a Roman child’s grave in Gloucestershire, England. “Interestingly a very similar item was found in Cologne in Germany and it looks like they both could have come from the same workshop based in Britain,” said archaeologist Neil Holbrook.

The Tomb of the Scipios will reopen for guided tours in Rome.

Archaeologists in Japan think they have found the remains of a sixth-century pond mentioned in ancient history and poetry books. A large building was found on its banks.

In Hamilton, New Zealand, archaeologists uncovered Maori food storage pits and a large lump of obsidian below European artifacts, which include traces of nineteenth-century shops and a well.

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