Six prehistoric burials have been excavated on Scotland’s Isle of Skye. “This is an exciting discovery for Skye and the northwest Highlands, where this type of archaeological site has not been excavated on this level,” said archaeologist Mary Peteranna.

A metal detector enthusiast discovered four gold torcs in Stirlingshire, Scotland. One of the Iron Age necklaces may have been crafted by someone who studied metalworking in the Mediterranean, and then combined what he’d learned with local Scottish and Irish designs. “It’s a missing link. It’s the first time we’ve seen one that combines these two styles,” said Fraser Hunter of the Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel. A second torc was made in southern France, and the remaining two are of local design.  

An Iron Age burial mound has been unearthed in the Netherlands, near another mound found in 1933.  

The Segontium Roman Museum in Wales, located at what has been called one of the best-preserved Roman fortresses in the world, is expected to close for lack of funds.  

A team from England’s University of Leicester discovered an intact “weapons factory” from the Stone Age. “We’ve collected about 5,000 pieces of flint in a small area and it seems to have been a site where arrows were made. The pieces of flint are largely discarded flakes from when the arrowheads were shaped,” said archaeologist Wayne Jarvis.  

A Neues Museum official will travel to Egypt next month to discuss the famed bust of Nefertiti. Each country claims a legal right to the statue.  

Bamboo poles inscribed with shipment records were recovered from an 800-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Korea.

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