Yesterday was the 70^th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. To mark the occasion, NPR’s Here & Now host Robin Young interviewed ARCHAEOLOGY deputy editor Samir S. Patel about the magazine’s special article on the archaeology of World War II.

A mummified cat has been found bricked into the wall of a cottage in Lancashire, England. The cottage is located near Pendle Hill, and archaeologists speculate that it could be related to seventeenth-century witch trials. “We are just a few months away from the 400^thanniversary of the 1612 witch trials which ended with 10 hangings, and here we have an incredibly rare find, right in the heart of witching country,” said historian Simon Entwistle.

A stone fishing weir complex has been found in Ireland’s Galway Bay.

Artist Zenzele Chulu draws attention to Zambia’s ancient rock art by using some of the symbols in his paintings. “The danger is that they are so vulnerable to vandalism and other kinds of elements that are destroying the heritage. So I took it upon myself, as an individual, to bring awareness through my work,” he said.

A  “royal lavatory”  has been discovered in the wreckage of the Udine, a German light cruiser sunk during World War I by the British. “Kaiser Wilhelm was on board the ship when it was launched in Kiel on December 11, 1902,” explained archaeologist Reinhard Oser.

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