Greek archaeologists have discovered a burial at the ancient Macedonian capital of Aigai with two large silver vessels and other artifacts.

This travel piece suggests visiting Sudan’s pyramids instead of Egypt’s, and hiking Bolivia’s Cordillera Apolobamba rather than Peru’s Inca Trail.

Here’s a recap of work at El Coporo in Guanajuato, which is being prepared for public access in a couple years.

An early Viking trading post has been found at Laerdal, Norway, according to this brief report.

The steamer Samuel F. Hodge, which sank in Lake Ontario in 1896, has been located.

The Guardian has a great series of articles about archaeology: “Beginner’s guide to archaeology,” “Archaeology: The great treasure hunt” (a find photogallery), “The keeper of London’s archaeological treasures” (the Museum of London), “The Roman foundations of Cambridge,” “Archaeology at Vindolanda: ‘I’ve found a writing tablet!,'” “Time Team’s Mick Aston—why I love to dig,“Racing against time to save prehistoric Orkney treasures,” “Digging deep” (amateurs and the Portable Antiquities Scheme), “Unearthing Manchester’s Victorian slums,” “Unearthing bronze-age Dartmoor,” “‘It’s a gladiator. Or perhaps it’s a god?'” (Vindolanda overview), and “Archaeology for all” (a community dig in Hertfordshire). Bravo!

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