The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced that discovery of a 2,000-year-old incense altar at an ancient cemetery site in Ashkelon. Protesters claim the graves are Jewish and should not be moved to make way for a hospital emergency room, but the archaeologists say that the site is pagan. Erosion threatens archaeological sites along Alaska’s Arctic […]

Four intact coffins made of clay were unearthed during construction work in eastern Cyprus. The coffins are about 2,000 years old. Human skeletal remains and glass and terracotta vessels were also found. National Geographic Daily News reports on the discovery of the “oldest known Central American pyramid tomb” at Mexico’s Chiapa de Corzo site, with […]