Two sculptures that could represent Aphrodite and a 1,600-year-old mosaic have been unearthed in southwestern Turkey.

A team of Italian archaeologists excavating medieval ships in Japan has found evidence that supports the idea that Marco Polo never traveled beyond the Black Sea. They think the Venetian heard stories of the East from Persian merchants.

Evidence of the earliest-known use of sails in the Baltic region has been found during the excavation of a ship buried with 35 warriors and nobles on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. The ship, which dates to 750 A.D., had a keel and irregular rows of strong rivets.

Scientists have used fossilized snail shells to build a three-million-year-long timeline for Britain.

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