An engraved image of a speared reindeer could be the oldest rock art in Britain. The carving was found in a cave in Wales.

A fifth Christian church has been uncovered in the ancient city of Antioch of Pisidia, which is located in Turkey. This church had been constructed on top of an earlier temple.

The discovery of a cache of 600-year-old coins by a construction crew sparked a “melee” in the city of Srinagar in northern India. “People mistook the coins for gold ones and started looting them to make quick bucks,” said an official from Kashmir’s department of archives, archaeology, and museums.

Members of the Millbrook Society are looking for a colonial silversmith’s workshop in Pennsylvania. They’ve found a foundation full of trash. “We’ve been digging a big hole for a long time,” said Ron Beifuss, an assistant on the project.

Archival documents indicate that a statue of the Inca emperor Pachacuti once stood in Machu Picchu. The stone statue may have been coated with gold, and was probably looted before the arrival of Hiram Bingham in 1911.

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