The Australian government still plans to build a four-lane bridge in Tasmania, on an Aboriginal meeting site where archaeologists estimate there are more than three million artifacts dating back 40,000 years. 

Hardened lava from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi covers ancient temples in the historic city of Yogyakarta. Scientists are using remote sensing equipment to locate them.  

In Ventura, California, archaeologists are using ground-penetrating radar to examine a parking lot slated for redevelopment. The site was once home to an early Spanish mission, a bowling alley, and a hamburger shack.  

Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, expressed his concern about the condition of the ancient obelisk in New York City’s Central Park in a letter addressed to the mayor’s office and the Central Park Conservancy. This article from Live Science has more background information on the obelisk, and a statement from Jonathan Kuhn, director of Art and Antiquities for the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.  

Some people out for a walk spotted the ribs of what may be a nineteenth-century ship sticking up out of the mud on a Hilton Head Island beach.  

Six Roman and Byzantine tombs have been unearthed in Syria.

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