Some of the buildings on the Roman emperor Hadrian’s country estate are aligned to produce sunlight effects, according to Marina De Franceschini of Italy’s University of Trento.

Traces of dozens of circular huts have been uncovered within the Roman fort ofer by farmers who lived north of Hadrian’s Wall. “Those people may have helped to feed the army and traded with the soldiers, and would have been regarded as being traitors and collaborators in the eyes of the rebellious tribes to the north,” he explained.

A sculpture of a ball player has been unearthed at the site of El Teul, which is located in north central Mexico, by archaeologists from the National Anthropology and History Institute. A similar statue was found last year.

In Cyprus, archaeologists from the University of Sydney used ground-penetrating radar to survey an area near the ancient theater at Paphos.

A road crew uncovered human bones on Whidbey Island in Washington State. The coroner turned the bones over to the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.

Excavation continues at a tavern site in southern Pennsylvania that was discovered by second grader.

In County Antrim, archaeologists have discovered the lost town of Dunluce. It was razed in the 1641 Irish rebellion.

Two early exploding cannon balls dating to the seventeenth-century have been found in northern Germany. The gunpowder-filled projectiles may have belonged to Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen.

A new CT scan of Ötzi the Iceman shows that he suffered from cavities, worn teeth, and periodontal diseases. “We already know that he was eating grains, such as einkorn or emmer. The contained carbohydrates clearly increased the risk of developing dental diseases,” said Albert Zink of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman in Bolzano.

An increase in drilling for oil and natural gas has put New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon region on the National Trust for Historic Preservation annual list of endangered historic places. “The development of those resources cannot come at the cost of destroying such a rich and diverse heritage,” said National Trust advisor Theresa Pasquale.

Libya’s Leptis Magna is “one of the best preserved ruins sites in the world. It’s staggering,” said archaeologist Susan Kane of Oberlin College. Are Gaddafi’s troops using the World Heritage Site as a military staging ground?

A nineteenth-century copper mining and refining operation in Michigan is being excavated by a team of professors and students from Michigan Technological University.

Students from the University of Hawaii spent two weeks surveying World War II-era wreck sites off Maui’s southern coast. “The maps they’re doing are a record of the site, a snapshot,” explained maritime archaeologist Hans VanTilburg of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

And students from Drury University in Missouri uncovered Civil War ammunition on their campus.

Archaeological sites along the Niagara River indicate that people were camping and crafting stone tools there as early as 4,000 years ago.