According to Ahram Online, an armed gang attacked two storehouses at Egypt’s pyramid of Khafre. An inventory of the items in the storehouses will reveal what, exactly, was stolen.

Information is hard to come by, but Nature reports that Salah Agab, head of the Libyan Department of Antiquities, says that the country’s archaeological sites and museums are safe. All foreign archaeologists are believed to have been evacuated.  

When will tourists return to Iraq?  

Two Chinese antiquities were discovered in shipping containers in Port Newark, New Jersey.  

Ninety-eight artifacts recovered in several cities in the United States and Argentina were recently returned to Peru. 

And plans are being made to transport more than 300 Machu Picchu artifacts now at Yale University on Peru’s presidential plane. The objects will soon be housed in Cusco.  

DNA tests of three bone fragments thought to have belonged to Amelia Earhart are inconclusive. The bone fragments were recovered last year from the Pacific island of Nikumaroro, but scientists have been unable to determine if they are human. “We’re waiting for new technology to continue sampling without destroying much more bone,” said Ric Gillespie, director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery.   

Last summer, three records and a gramophone were discovered aboard the A.J. Goddard, which sank 110 years ago while carrying miners and supplies during the Yukon Gold Rush. Researchers have been able to identify the songs on the recordings. “These are three new songs that we now know people were listening to during the Gold Rush,” said graduate student Lindsey Thomas.

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