Signs of trepanation and bone growth have been found on three men’s skulls from the ancient Garamantian civilization in North Africa. Reasons for the skull surgeries are unclear.

Ancient Roman glass is helping scientists understand how to build better storage containers for nuclear waste.

Scholars now think that the bog body discovered in Ireland’s County Laois belonged to a sacrificed Irish king. It had been thought that the body consisted only of the lower limbs of a young woman.

The restoration of Moku’ula, the historic Maui palace of Hawaii’s kings, is in the planning stage. The wetlands and fishpond that surrounded the island will also be reconstructed. Moku’ula was abandoned in when the royal government moved to Oahu in the mid-nineteenth century.

A ring, a pocketknife, a buckle, and keys have been unearthed at Camp Lawton, a Civil War stockade and prison that was discovered in Georgia last year. The camp housed 10,000 soldiers for just six weeks.

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