A chunk of Roman wall has collapsed in the Porta Nola area of Pompeii after heavy rains.

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the discovery of a 2,000-year-old structure, thought to have held a Jewish ritual bath, in central Israel.

The U.S. will assist with the cost of the preservation of Galle Dutch Fort in Sri Lanka through the U.S. Ambassadors’ Fund for Cultural Preservation.

Three wooden structures, along with brick fragments and large wagon wheels, have been found in Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana. Dennis Jones of the Louisiana Division of Archaeology thinks the site was once home to a ferry service that closed in 1925.

Archaeologists and other researchers are taking notes at Holbrook’s Petroglyph Park in Arizona. “There is already some environmental degradation taking place, and this will give us a baseline point of reference,” said rock art expert Darlene Brinkerhoff.

Forensic anthropologists have excavated the remains of at least one person who may have been killed by a past military dictatorship in Uruguay.

Dan Vergano of USA Today reviews the recent archaeological discoveries made in the Arab desert using Google Earth.

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