In Bulgaria, archaeologists say they have discovered the original East Gate of Apollonia Pontica  in the center of the modern Black Sea town of Sozopol.

Here’s an update on the continuing excavation of a Sicán burial pit located next to the Huaca Las Ventanas pyramid in northern Peru. Bioarchaeologist Haagen Klaus of Utah Valley University thinks that the many skeletons in the pit represent mass ritual sacrifice. The styles of the ceramic vessels in the pit suggest that the bodies were deposited in three stages over a period of 200 years.

A Bronze Age burial chamber containing eight skeletons has been found in Aleppo, Syria. The oval-shaped tomb also held pottery, decorated bone, bronze awls, a spear tip and a hamper, a bull-shaped figurine, and jewelry.

This video shows the excavation of American whaling ships that were found in the sand on Western Australia’s Shipwreck Coast. The vessels will eventually be reburied.

Colosseum director Rossella Rea has denied reports that bits of masonry fell off Rome’s first century A.D. arena last week. Restoration funded by a private company is set to begin in March.

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