The “Treasure of Benghazi” was stolen from a Libyan bank vault last May. The collection includes more than 7,000 coins, jewelry, medallions, bracelets, anklets, necklaces, earrings, rings, and armbands made of precious metals and estimated to be more than 2,000 years old. Several hundred of the coins have since turned up in Egypt, according to unconfirmed reports.

A tiny box made of animal bone and decorated with Christian images has been unearthed in outside of the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. The box dates to the sixth century A.D.

A Roman tombstone and a carved relief were recovered from the Drava River in Croatia.

Researchers in Pennsylvania think they have found a mass grave of Irish immigrant railroad workers at Duffy’s Cut, near Philadelphia. The workers died in 1832 under mysterious circumstances, but the grave site will not be excavated because of its great depth and proximity to the railroad tracks.

The architects of Mexico’s Teotihuacán used a unit of 83 centimeters, according to archaeologist Saburo Sugiyama of Arizona State University and Aichi Prefectural University in Japan.

How can Turkey preserve its archaeological heritage while promoting tourism? “Despite all the efforts made during the last three decades, excluding a few examples, historic and natural conservation efforts still have not reached desired levels,” said Nuran Zeren Gülersoy of Istanbul Technical University.

An international team of researchers has examined how music and church architecture were combined to create the first “stereo effect” during the Renaissance in Venice, Italy. The presence of large congregations and tapestries on the walls would have dramatically improved the clarity of the sound.

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