Five marble heads and a statue of Zeus dating to the third century A.D. were unearthed at the site of an ancient villa in southeastern Rome. Archaeologists think the statues represent members of the imperial dynasty of Septimius Severus.   

The Guardian reports that since the fall of Tunisia’s president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian archaeologists are able to talk openly about the ancient site of Carthage, which has been damaged by development in recent years.  

According to Living in Peru, the Nazca lines were not harmed by recent flooding of the Panamerican Highway.  

The Brooklyn Museum will give thousands of pre-Columbian artifacts to Costa Rica.  

The original lightkeeper’s house on Georgia’s Sapelo Island has been found by a team of archaeologists and volunteers. The house was built in the early nineteenth century, and collapsed during a storm in 1902.  

Archaeological investigation of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn has located several possible shipwrecks.  

Tasmania’s aboriginal community is planning a protest aimed at protecting an archaeological site uncovered at a bypass construction project. “We will fight them on the beaches, we will fight them on the roads and we will fight them on our heritage sites,” said Michael Mansell of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.  

Here’s more information on the clash between Thai and Cambodian troops at the 1,000-year-old Preah Vihear temple.

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