Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities learned that more than 120 artifacts ranging in age from the Neolithic to the Greco-Roman eras were up for auction in Australia. The sale was canceled and the objects were handed over to the Egyptian Embassy.

The artwork found in two medieval Christian churches in central Sudan recorded information about European pilgrims and the lives of several saints.

A CT scan of an Egyptian child’s Roman-era mummy at the University of Illinois failed to provide scientists with enough information to determine the cause of death or its sex. The child’s teeth indicate that he or she died at about eight and one-half years of age.

The Guardian has more information on the new, earlier dates for the arrival of modern humans in northwestern Europe. “For many years, people thought Europe was a bit of a backwater, a Neanderthal stronghold almost, but the dating we’ve done suggests that is not so clear cut,” said Tom Higham of Oxford Univeristy.

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