Homo floresiensis had robust arms and legs that were much stronger relative to body weight than Homo sapiens or Homo erectus, according to a new study by William Jungers of Stony Brook University. The “Hobbits” may have spent much of their time in trees. 

A sixth-century B.C. Greek-style temple unearthed in southern Italy is marked with symbols showing how its stone parts fit together. 

A hoard of bronze coins dating to the third century B.C. has been found in Egypt’s Fayoum Oasis, southwest of Cairo. The coins bear the image of Ptolemy III.  

Andrew Kitchen of Pennsylvania State University thinks that humans began wearing clothes some 190,000 years ago, based upon genetic analysis of head and body lice. Body lice thrive in clothing, so they probably appeared not long after clothes were invented.  

Laser scanning will be used to map the underground caves of Nottingham, England, including the oubliette thought to have imprisoned Robin Hood when he was caught by the Sheriff of Nottingham. “The aim is to increase the tourist potential of these sites. The scanning will also make them visible ‘vitually’ which is good in terms of public access because a lot of them are health hazards,” said David Knight of Trent and Peak Archaeology.  

Hawaiians are talking about how to fix their State Historic Preservation Division. Puaalaokalani Aiu, the SHPD administrator, thinks the first step should be to clarify the under-sourced and under-staffed division’s mission. “The process for SHPD right now is the way the law works. People are frustrated about the process, but for us to change our process, it would require a law change,” she explained.  

Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, spoke at the opening of “Tutankhamun and the Gold Age of the Pharaohs,” in New York City yesterday. He requested the return of several artifacts to Egypt, including a 3,200-year-old mummy mask, now at the St. Louis Art Museum.  DNA Info, which features local Manhattan news, claims that Hawass had a few more words to say. 

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Seventeen lentil plants sprouted from 4,000-year-old lentils unearthed in western Turkey are ready to be transplanted outside. “Our plants are living in a sterile environment, but we don’t know what will happen when they’re planted in the field,” said Nuket Bingol of Dumlupinar University.

A team led by French archaeologists has returned to work in the ancient city of Arbil in Kurdish northern Iraq. Arbil has been inhabited for more than 8,000 years. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ordered the Utah Transit Authority to stop work on an area of a project that has dumped fill dirt on a 3,000-year-old site known as Galena Village. “The contractor deposited soil on adjacent land that he thought was UTA land,” said UTA spokesman Gerry Carpenter. 

A Utah man charged with illegally trafficking in archaeological artifacts in the recent federal sting has been arrested in Colorado on unrelated drug charges.  

A letter written by John Quincy Adams was discovered among some old records in the Quincy, Massachusetts, city hall. The letter outlines the burial wishes of his parents, John and Abigail Adams.