An archaeology professor from Loyola University was sentenced to one year probation after he pleaded guilty to violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. He admitted to removing artifacts from public lands in New Mexico.  Six cannon recovered near the mouth of the Panama Canal may have belonged to privateer Captain Henry Morgan. “Every school kid […]

The 1,500-year-old remains of 27 people have been discovered in cliffside caves in Nepal. Many of the bones had been stripped of flesh and laid on wide wooden shelves. “This was done in a respectful fashion,” said Mark Aldenderfer of the University of California, Merced.  An unknown benefactor has recovered twenty fragments of carved ivory […]