The skeleton of a child was discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, in a pit dug in a barrack room. Because the Romans buried their dead on the outskirts of their settlements, the concealment of the body probably indicates a criminal act. In addition, the child’s hands may have been tied. “I shudder to think how this young person met his or her fate,” said Andrew Birley, director of the excavation.

A 3,000-year-old skeleton bearing the marks of a violent death has been found on the Isle of Man. “We found cut marks to his fingers, ribs and knees, as if he’d been defending himself,” said Allison Fox from Manx National Heritage.  

The remains of five people, two adults and three children, have been unearthed from an 8,500-year-old burial mound in Bursa, Turkey. “Their arms were tied behind their backs, indicating that they may have been killed or sacrificed,” said Necmi Karul of Istanbul University.  

Child and domestic animal burials dating to the Iron Age and the early Roman period have been uncovered in south London. “These animals which were either whole or partly dismembered appear to have been deliberately sacrificed and deposited in deep pits cut into the chalk bed rock,” said archaeologist Duncan Hawkins.  

Law-enforcement officers and archaeologists gathered in Ohio to learn how to spot looters and how to investigate suspected looting cases. According to a study by the U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol, antiquities trafficking is the fourth-largest illegal market in the world.  

An Egyptian-American team has rediscovered the painted tomb of a priest named Karakhamun in Luxor. The tomb was first opened in the nineteenth century, but in collapsed in the 1970s and was buried in the desert sands.  

The Athens News Agency has provided some details on the restoration of the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athens Acropolis.  

Here’s a bit more information on the armor uncovered at the Roman fortress in Caerleon, South Wales.  

And here’s another mention of the damage done to the 1,000-year-old rock art at the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona.  

A lack of funding could put an end to the construction of a maritime museum in Central Java. The museum would be built around the remains of a 1,200-year-old ship discovered on private land in a coconut grove. “We are hoping to do in-situ preservation because it would be too risky to move it from the site, it is too fragile,” said Hari Untoro Drajat of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The remains of Captain Georgy Brusilov and his journal, dated May 1913, were found this summer by Russian researchers on Franz Josef Land, the northernmost point in Europe. Brusilov and his Russian crew attempted to find an Arctic trade route from Asia to the West.

The royal box at King Herod’s private theater has been uncovered in Israel’s Herodium National Park. Its elaborate wall paintings and plaster moldings were probably crafted by Italian artists. The theater was only used for about ten years.  

Afghan and French archaeologists continue to work together at the Buddhist site of Mes Aynak before a Chinese company destroys it with a modern copper mine. “The question is whether the mining drew the monastery, because of its wealth, or whether the monastery worked the mine,” said Philippe Marquis of the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan.  

Archaeologist Amer Abdulrazzaq says he has been given 100 guards to protect 1,200 archaeological sites in southern Iraq.  

Reuters offers some photographs of archaeologists looking for artifacts in Norway’s areas of ice melt.  

A Bronze Age burial site consisting of cremation pits surrounded by a ring ditch has been unearthed in Scotland.  

The Tullie House Museum in Carlisle, England, has issued an urgent appeal for funds to buy the recently discovered Crosby Garrett Roman Calvary Parade Helmet, due to be auctioned at Christie’s next month. “I cannot emphasize how important this artifact is to the story of the Romans in Cumbria and indeed Britain. It would represent the most important object in our archaeology collections and arguably the finest artifact held in public ownership in Cumbria,” said museum manager Hilary Wade.  

Excavation of a Roman battlefield in northern Germany suggests that solider-emperor Maximinus Thrax raided tribal areas in A.D. 235 and won. It had been thought the Romans avoided the area after three legions were wiped out in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in A.D. 9.  

Discovery News has more information on the “veggie pills” and medical instruments recovered from a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck. 

And there’s more on the debate over who was buried in Tomb 2 at Vergina, Greece. Was it Philip II, Alexander the Great’s father, or Alexander’s half brother, Philip III?  

Evidence of human occupation dating back 9,000 years has been found at the Game Creek site in Wyoming. “There are multiple ecosystems that coincide right here,” explained archaeologist Mike Page.