Indonesian fisherman spotted a shipwreck that was probably pushed closer to shore by last October’s tsunami. The ship may date to the fourteenth century. 

Jawbones recovered from a warrior’s burial at Teotihuacan in 2004 have been identified as crossbred wolf-dogs. “In oral traditions and old chronicles, dog-like animals appear with symbols of power or divinity. But we did not have skeletal evidence…this is the first time we have proof,” said Francisco De Anda of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History.  

Fragments of a statue depicting the god Hapi and Amenhotep III sitting together have been uncovered near the pharaoh’s mortuary temple in Luxor. Many other statue fragments were also found. “Because the statues were ritually significant they could not be destroyed, the ancient Egyptians gathered the fallen statues and buried them in a cache beside the temple,” explained Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s antiquities department.  

Archaeologists are excavating the site of the Battle of Worcester in Worcester, England, ahead of a construction project. “We’re hoping to find material from the 1651 [Civil War] battle,” said project manager Hal Dalwood.  

The President’s House memorial has opened near Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, on the site of the first American presidential residence. George Washington is known to have kept nine enslaved Africans on the property. “I think one layer of historical amnesia is being swept away,” commented Gary Nash of the University of California, Los Angeles.  

Prosecutors in Italy are investigating nine people for the recent collapses at Pompeii.  

Three Bulgarians were arrested in Greece for antiquities smuggling.

Storm damage at Israel’s coastal site of Ashkelon revealed a mosaic floor at what is thought to have been a Roman-era bath house, in addition to a 1,700-year-old statue.  The storm caused widespread damage. 

A mummified head that has made the rounds of private collections has been identified as that of France’s King Henri IV, who was assassinated in 1610. He had been buried in a royal chapel north of Paris, but was removed from his tomb by a mob of revolutionaries in 1793.  

An 8,000-year-old, horse-shoe-shaped temple dedicated to the sun has reportedly been found in northeastern Bulgaria.  

Within 200 years of their arrival, people burned 40 percent of the canopy forests of the South Island of New Zealand, according to a study of lake sediments conducted by Janet Wilmshurst of Landcare Research. “They were trying to ‘make a living’ in a forest that was designed for birds with small fruit high up – not like in Europe where you’ve got nuts and fruits growing at hand height that you could pick and store,” she explained.  

An Iron Age settlement with more than 50 burials has been uncovered in Oman.  

The industrial zone of Paterson, New Jersey, could become a national historic park. Allied Textile Printing and the Colt Gun Mill are among the water-powered factories in the industrial hub.