A small beehive-shaped tomb partially destroyed by construction equipment was uncovered on the Greek island of Lefkada. “This is a very important find for the area, because until now we had next to no evidence on Mycenaean presence on Lefkada, excavator Maria Stavropoulou-Gatsi said.

One-hundred burials from the Early Bronze Age were found at the Macedonian site of Pella. Some of the bodies had been placed in storage jars. Pottery, marble flasks, silver rings, gold earrings, bracelets and necklaces, bronze clasps, needles, and daggers were also uncovered.  

India is considering an amendment to its Antiquities and Art Treasures Act of 1972 that would allow artifacts to be sent abroad to foreign scholars. “Even if the government has taken adequate steps to protect the objects, which I am sure they would have, why can’t scholars come to India instead of the object going there?” A.G.K. Menon of the National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage asked.  

The return of loaned artifacts from the Guimet Museum in Paris has raised questions about security at the Bangladesh National Museum.  

You’ll soon be able to type in Persian cuneiform, according to this report from Iran.  

A rare photograph of an eight-year-old Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan was donated to the New England Historic Genealogical Society by Thaxter Spencer, an 87-year-old Massachusetts man. The photograph had been taken by one of his relatives in 1888, while the Keller family was on vacation.  

Mayor Gerard Lalanne of Sarpourenx has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die. The cemetery in the small French village is already overcrowded.  

One-time archaeology-major-turned-cabinet-maker Steve Delk has fashioned a new career making Indian Jones-style fedoras. “I didn’t know much about the movie, but I liked the hat,” he explained.

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