A Chachapoyas citadel has been discovered in the remote Amazonian rainforest of northeastern Peru. 

Bloomberg investigates recent archaeological finds in Israel, and the claims made by some that they support the existence of a biblical King David and his kingdom.  

Mihalis Liapis, Greece’s Culture Minister, honored three academics for their efforts to have the Parthenon Marbles returned to Athens. A fragment of the marbles was also returned by a Swedish citizen, who had inherited it from her grandfather.  

Construction workers converting Philadelphia’s Lombard Central Presbyterian Church into a private home stumbled upon the remains of its founder, abolitionist Stephen Gloucester. Gloucester, his wife, and a church member’s remains were moved to a cemetery.   

If Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki approves of the idea, Saddam Hussein’s former palace in Basra will be converted into an archaeological museum.   Here’s a photograph of the palace.

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