Fighting has resumed between Thailand and Cambodia at their disputed border near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple. 

In Campeche, Mexico, a rare staircase engraved with hieroglyphic texts has been unearthed on the outskirts of the Classic Maya site of El Palmar. Such staircases are usually parts of monumental structures in the centers of Maya cities; this staircase is part of the smallest architectural group in El Palmar. 

England’s Ipswich Museum will try to raise £300,000 by June in order to keep the Wickham Market hoard, a collection of 840 gold coins that had been buried by the Iceni tribe. “The opportunity to purchase the Wickham Market coin hoard is the first time we could retain a national treasure in Suffolk,” said Caroline McDonald, Curator of Archaeology for the museum.

An audio guide system has been installed at the Taj Mahal by the Archaeological Survey of India. Some object to the rental counter’s position in the monument. “I think the ASI should correct it. The place should be restored to its original form. The counter can be shifted to anywhere outside the forecourt of the Taj Mahal,” said Sugam Anand of Bhim Rao Ambedkar University. 

Meanwhile, flush toilets will be installed at Serpent Mound in Ohio. The two pit latrines at the site date to the 1930s.

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