Dogfish Head brewing company has formulated a beer based on residues from drinking vessels that were discovered in a royal burial chamber in central Turkey. The limited-release drink is called “Midas Touch Golden Elixer.”

In this editorial, Simon Jenkins of The Guardian offers some thoughts on the latest work at Stonehenge.  

Two artifacts returned to Greece from the private collection of Shelby White have gone on display this week at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.  

The Barakat Gallery in London has appealed an appeals court decision which ruled that it must return 18 artifacts smuggled from the site of Jiroft in southern Iran.  

Local heritage chief Tawfiq Mohammed announced that Iraqi archaeologists will look for Sumerian-period architecture near the banks of the Euphrates River.  

Eighteenth-century artifacts have been unearthed at North Carolina’s David Caldwell Historic Park. Caldwell is remembered for educating future governors and members of Congress in what he called the Log College. “It seems to be something that really interests people, someone who is so intertwined in the history of Greensboro, Guilford County, and our state,” said project volunteer Gary Brown.  

There’s a little more information and a few photographs at BBC News of the sixteenth-century Portuguese trading vessel discovered off the coast of Namibia. “It represents a very interesting cargo – we have goods from Asia, we have goods from Europe, we have goods from Africa,” said Webber Ndoro, who is the project manager for the rescue excavation.

The head from a colossal statue of Ramses II was uncovered in Egypt’s Tell Basta area. “The discovery is important because it may indicate that the excavators are close to the ruins of a major temple of Ramses II in the area,” said Zahi Hawass, head of the antiquities department.  

A forest fire in Peru’s Andes Mountains has burned two archaeological sites, Wayna Q’ente and Torontoy.  

Two new species of bacteria have been discovered in the Roman catacombs. “The special conditions in the catacombs have allowed unique species to evolve,” said Clara Urzi from the University of Messina. The bacteria can cause damage to the underground tombs.  

Excavations in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province revealed a prehistoric jar burial containing bones, teeth, stone jewelry, and pottery.  

This BBC News article calls the leek the “unofficial icon” of Wales, and says that the domesticated variety probably arrived with the Romans at Caerleon. “We’ve used archaeological remains and research to interpret a Roman garden,” said Andrew Dixey, estate manager for National Museum Wales.  

This video from National Geographic News shows some of the damage inflicted upon ancient Babylon by American and Polish military forces. Unfortunately, you’ll have to watch a commercial before you get to the story.  

Take a look at some photographs of the Venus project (The Virtual Exploration of Underwater Sites) provided by the University of Hull.  

Albert Einstein’s personal telescope has been restored, and will go on display at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which he co-founded. The telescope was found in a storage shed on campus.