An ancient Buddhist monastery in Taxila, Pakistan, has been looted with heavy equipment, and authorities suspect that small statues of Buddha are among the stolen artifacts. Muhammad Bhadur Khan, deputy director of the federal department of archaeology and museums, said that organized criminals in league with the local police are responsible for the destruction of the site.

Two men have agreed to make a donation to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust after they admitted to damaging an archaeological site while filming a television show. They men dug up and hauled away artifacts from an old gold mining town known as the North Pole.  

A total of 17 sets of human remains have been unearthed at a high school construction site in Danville, California. The bones are thought to be anywhere between 250 and 2,500 years old, and to have belonged to members of the Bay Miwok tribe of the Saclan village.  

A palm tree at London’s Kew Gardens is reputed to be the world’s oldest potted plant. The tree was planted at Kew in 1775, was recently replanted in a larger pot, and is expected to live another 250 years.

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