Two large Buddhist statues have been uncovered at Ta Prohm temple at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia. Both figures are missing their heads.

A camp that was part of the “chain of Roman defenses” along the River Lippe has been discovered in western Germany. Archaeologists think the camp may have been a distribution center.

The remains of 21 German soldiers from World War I have been recovered from a bombed-out tunnel in northern France. The tunnel had been equipped with electricity, heat, telephone connections, and beds. Archaeologists have also found boots, helmets, weapons, a jar, a bottle, dog tags, wallets, pipes, and cigarette cases.

A high-resolution CT scan of a 2,250-year-old Egyptian mummy has revealed that he suffered from prostate cancer. “I think cancer was quite prevalent in the past, more prevalent than we have been able to see,” said biological anthropologist Albert Zink at the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman in Bolzano, Italy.

A prehistoric ceremonial site containing curious artifacts has been unearthed at a stone ring in north Belfast, Ireland. “We have a piece of sandstone and someone has gone to the trouble of inscribing an oval shape on it with segments, very like if you took a cross section of an orange,” said Harry Welsh of Queen’s University.

Archaeology groups in Arizona are concerned that a proposed federal land swap with a mining company could endanger archaeological sites.

Here’s a report that there was a “small collapse” at Pompeii’s Diomedes house following flash floods in Italy. “Everything should be checked otherwise we’ll be looking at a whole series of collapses,” read a statement released by the cultural heritage wing of the country’s main labor union.

The thirteenth cannon was lifted from the wreckage of  the Queen Anne’s Revenge  yesterday. “The last people to see this were the pirates on Blackbeard’s flagship, and it doesn’t get better than that,” said Mark Wilde-Ramsing, director of the project.

Pig Stand No. 41  in Beaumont, Texas, will be torn down. Last year, the “flying saucer”-style drive-in restaurant was listed as one for the ten most endangered road side attractions by the Society for Commercial Archaeology.

One of the first Viking settlements in Ireland, Linn Duchaill, has been found. “Dublin developed more as a trading town, this appeared to be more of a raiding town,” explained researcher Micheál McKeown. He estimates that there were 5,000 Vikings and 200 ships at this defended position on the River Glyde during the ninth century.

Italy will receive $145 million from the European Union for the preservation of Pompeii. “For now, the plan is to deal with the emergency situation,” said Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy.

Having shorter legs may have helped Neanderthals and other mammals move more efficiently over mountainous terrain. It had been thought that shorter limbs helped Neanderthals stay warm in cold environments.

A reward has been offered for the capture and conviction of vandals who built a campfire at the First Canyon Site in Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon, and then used the fire’s charcoal to write graffiti on the rock art panel.

CNN has more information on the thirteenth-century shipwreck that was discovered off the coast of Japan. It may have been part of Kublai Khan’s lost fleet.