Five fragments of a wall painting from Luxor’s Valley of the Kings will by returned to Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak during a luncheon with France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Louvre Museum in Paris purchased the stolen artifacts in good faith in 2000 and 2003.

The Archaeological Institute of America, ARCHAEOLOGY’s parent organization, has affirmed its support “for the ongoing work of the Republic of Italy to protect its cultural patrimony and share the benefits of this rich heritage with the people of the United States.”  

Russia continues to insist that a skull fragment and jaw bone in the Federal Security Service (FSB) archives are all that remains of Adolf Hitler.  

In a project funded by the Council of British Archaeology, a team of homeless people will assist with the excavation of “Turbo Island,” in Bristol. “Places that matter to homeless people and those who have a marginalized existence in society are significant in their own right,” said archaeologist Rachael Kiddey.

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