Scientists have re-examined prehistoric artifacts from a cave in southwest France, and they think that early modern humans may have used Neanderthal body parts as ornaments, and perhaps even food. The study “opens up a whole world of possibilities” about how humans and Neanderthals could have interacted, according to bioanthropologist Colin Groves of Australian National University.

The footprints of men, women, and children have reportedly been found along a 2,000-year-old military route in China. “We also found an arrowhead close to the footprints. Judging from its location, we assumed whoever left the footprints had been its targets,” said Zhang Zaiming of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.  

Anne W. Patterson, the US Ambassador to Pakistan, visited the Alamgiri Gate at Lahore Fort to celebrate the completion of a conservation project funded by the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation. “It is a beautiful and historic gateway to Lahore’s past,” she said.  

A team of Polish and American archaeologists working at an ancient Red Sea port in Egypt have unearthed pottery inscribed in 12 different languages.  

Here’s more information on the Byzantine frescos that were stolen from Italy and recovered from a private home on a Greek island, and the 250 artifacts plundered from Italy that were returned from a Swiss art gallery.  

This video from BBC News features an excavation in Dorset, England, of a 4,000-year-old settlement along the coast.  

Hawaiian Air will transport a wax phonograph recording of King Kalakaua made in 1891 to a lab in California to see if the voice quality can be improved. The airline made a gift of money and travel to the Bishop Museum to help it accomplish its outreach mission.

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