An Iron Age town and site of early Roman military occupation in Berkshire, England, may have been destroyed by Queen Boudicca. “The settlement is completely wiped out somewhere between 60 AD and 80 AD, and it starts again in 70 AD,” said Michael Fulford of the University of Reading.

Rabbits are digging up archaeological sites on the tiny Hebridean Island of Canna. Four years ago, the islanders paid to have rats removed from the island, but now the rabbit population is out of control. “The only things that are happy are the sea eagles. They have been having a real feast but obviously nowhere near keeping up with the rabbit population,” said resident Winnie Mackinnon. 

This article on artifacts found beneath the ice in Canada’s Northwest Territories includes a photograph of a 340-year-old bow.  

Researchers have observed chimpanzees reacting to the deaths of other chimps in a similar way that humans react to the deaths of other humans. “Science has provided strong evidence that the boundaries between us and other species are nowhere near to being clearly defined as many people used to think,” said James Anderson of Stirling University. 

A team of Chinese and Turkish evangelical Christian explorers claims to have discovered Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat. “It’s not 100 percent that it is Noah’s Ark but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it,” said a filmmaker and a member of the team, Noah’s Ark Ministries International.

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