Remains in a first-century A.D. tomb near Jerusalem’s Old City show first known case of leprosy according to DNA analysis. The remains were found still in a shroud, which was made with a simple two-way weave, unlike the Shroud of Turin’s complex weave, further evidence that the latter is of medieval date.

The New Haven Green was once the site of a Colonial-era cemetery—and turns out it still is. Archaeologists testing a new Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) machine pinpointed what could be a number of shallow graves.

Human remains found by contractors in Lakewood, Rhode Island, last week are Native American according to the state archaeologist. The skeleton was found during digging of the cellar being prepped for a new concrete basement. (Does this sound like the premise of a bad Hollywood horror film?)

Harvard archaeologists have found a wall trench that might be from the 1655 Indian College, one of the university’s earliest buildings.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 4th-century Roman burial in northwest Budapest.

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