In Scotland, archaeologists have unearthed two Bronze Age collared urns at the base of a standing stone that had fallen over during the winter. “This goes some way to proving that Carlinwell Stone is a genuine prehistoric standing stone, rather than something put up later,” said John Sheriff of the Royal commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland. 

A group of students from North Dakota State University traveled to American Samoa for field research, where they discovered stone tools, ornaments, fishhooks, shells, and an intact cooking pot. “Nothing like that has ever been found in that region of the world,” said Jeffrey Clark, their professor. 

The number of tourists traveling to Asia is soaring, sometimes putting ancient World Heritage sites like Angkor and the Great Wall of China at risk. 

Archaeologist Marina Piranomonte thinks that as many as 50 tombs dating to the first century B.C. could be hidden beneath the Stadio Flaminio, a rugby stadium in Rome. “I feel it is very apt to dig here since rugby has its roots in the Roman game of harpastum. The game took off in Britain and we have a source who recounts how the Romans were defeated 1-0 by a British team in 276 A.D. This was the first in a series of defeats that has not yet stopped unfortunately, but as least I am hoping the British will be envious of our necropolis,” she said.

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