In Cambodia, archaeologists are conserving and reassembling the twelfth-century Buddhist temple and monastic complex of Banteay Chhmar, which was built by Jayavarman VII some 100 miles away from his capital at Angkor. “It’s peaceful and quiet here, like it used to be at Angkor. This is a real site,” said JohnSanday, who is leading the restoration project.

This article in The Art Newspaper reviews UNESCO’s recent report on conditions at Pompeii.

Erosion has revealed a skull on a beach near the mouth of Washington’s Elwha River. Bill White, tribal archaeologist for the Lower Elwah Klallam tribe, says it belongs to a set of remains that had been repatriated by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and reburied.

Scientists continue to debate the possible New World origins of syphilis.

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