A group of Italian scientists wants to exhume the remains said to belong to Leonardo da Vinci and try to reconstruct his face from his skull. “If the remains are well kept, they are a biological archive that registers events in a person’s life, and sometimes in their death,” said anthropologist Giorgio Gruppioni. Some researchers want to see if a reconstructed face would match the Mona Lisa.  

Time Magazine tackles the thorny issues of politics and archaeology in Jerusalem.  

The state of California could register the items left behind at Tranquility Base, the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon, as a State Historical Resource. “It’s one of the most important historic events in the history of mankind. At first glance, it seems bizarre to even talk about it. But we have to talk about it. Can you imagine someone driving a cart over Neil Armstrong’s first footprint? Wouldn’t that be terrible!” said historian Jay Correia.  

Sixteenth-century audiences at London’s Rose Theater munched on a wide variety of foods.  

Reburial of soldiers’ remains recovered from the World War I battlefield in Fromelles, France, continues.  

A large Han-Dynasty tomb in China’s ancient capital of Xi’an belongs to the high ranking general, Zhang Anshi. The general was guarded in death by hundreds of small pottery figurines. He had also been buried with two carriages and live horses.  

Lawyers for several of the defendants in Utah’s federal artifacts sting are seeking plea deals for their clients.

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