The remains of Captain Georgy Brusilov and his journal, dated May 1913, were found this summer by Russian researchers on Franz Josef Land, the northernmost point in Europe. Brusilov and his Russian crew attempted to find an Arctic trade route from Asia to the West.

The royal box at King Herod’s private theater has been uncovered in Israel’s Herodium National Park. Its elaborate wall paintings and plaster moldings were probably crafted by Italian artists. The theater was only used for about ten years.  

Afghan and French archaeologists continue to work together at the Buddhist site of Mes Aynak before a Chinese company destroys it with a modern copper mine. “The question is whether the mining drew the monastery, because of its wealth, or whether the monastery worked the mine,” said Philippe Marquis of the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan.  

Archaeologist Amer Abdulrazzaq says he has been given 100 guards to protect 1,200 archaeological sites in southern Iraq.  

Reuters offers some photographs of archaeologists looking for artifacts in Norway’s areas of ice melt.  

A Bronze Age burial site consisting of cremation pits surrounded by a ring ditch has been unearthed in Scotland.  

The Tullie House Museum in Carlisle, England, has issued an urgent appeal for funds to buy the recently discovered Crosby Garrett Roman Calvary Parade Helmet, due to be auctioned at Christie’s next month. “I cannot emphasize how important this artifact is to the story of the Romans in Cumbria and indeed Britain. It would represent the most important object in our archaeology collections and arguably the finest artifact held in public ownership in Cumbria,” said museum manager Hilary Wade.  

Excavation of a Roman battlefield in northern Germany suggests that solider-emperor Maximinus Thrax raided tribal areas in A.D. 235 and won. It had been thought the Romans avoided the area after three legions were wiped out in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in A.D. 9.  

Discovery News has more information on the “veggie pills” and medical instruments recovered from a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck. 

And there’s more on the debate over who was buried in Tomb 2 at Vergina, Greece. Was it Philip II, Alexander the Great’s father, or Alexander’s half brother, Philip III?  

Evidence of human occupation dating back 9,000 years has been found at the Game Creek site in Wyoming. “There are multiple ecosystems that coincide right here,” explained archaeologist Mike Page.

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