Some of the buildings on the Roman emperor Hadrian’s country estate are aligned to produce sunlight effects, according to Marina De Franceschini of Italy’s University of Trento.

Traces of dozens of circular huts have been uncovered within the Roman fort ofer by farmers who lived north of Hadrian’s Wall. “Those people may have helped to feed the army and traded with the soldiers, and would have been regarded as being traitors and collaborators in the eyes of the rebellious tribes to the north,” he explained.

A sculpture of a ball player has been unearthed at the site of El Teul, which is located in north central Mexico, by archaeologists from the National Anthropology and History Institute. A similar statue was found last year.

In Cyprus, archaeologists from the University of Sydney used ground-penetrating radar to survey an area near the ancient theater at Paphos.

A road crew uncovered human bones on Whidbey Island in Washington State. The coroner turned the bones over to the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.

Excavation continues at a tavern site in southern Pennsylvania that was discovered by second grader.

In County Antrim, archaeologists have discovered the lost town of Dunluce. It was razed in the 1641 Irish rebellion.

Two early exploding cannon balls dating to the seventeenth-century have been found in northern Germany. The gunpowder-filled projectiles may have belonged to Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen.

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