The foundations of four houses said to be the oldest in Sri Lanka have been unearthed, along with pottery, beads, and iron tools.

A detailed survey of Fort Laurens State Memorial will help archaeologists determine the best place to build a replica of the only Revolutionary War-era fort in Ohio. “We have to find a place with the least amount of archaeology,” explained archaeologist Jarrod Burks.

When did human ancestors begin to travel by sea? Geologist Karl Wegmann of North Carolina State University determined that stone tools found embedded in rock formations on the island of Crete are 130,000 years old.

A new study of documents related to the excavation of the famed bust of Nefertiti in 1912 is due out this week. Spiegel Online has the story.

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