Archaeologists do not agree on the possible age and use of a tiny clay face discovered near Ebbert Spring, Pennsylvania. “Whether it was the personal property of a religious specialist like a shaman or whether it was the ornament or an object used by an individual within that community is something that (based on the evidence so far) I don’t think we can say,” commented Michael Stewart of Temple University.

A large building has been unearthed near the burial mound of the “prince of Leubingen” in eastern Germany. Next to the building, a ceramic pot holding 100 bronze hatchet blades and the simple graves of more than 40 people were found.

The vaults at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in southwestern India have been opened, revealing the treasures stored in the sixteenth century by the Travancore royal family. “Bags and bags full of diamonds have been found,” said Amitava Chowdhury of Queen’s University.

The opening to a large bunker has been found in Coleshill, England, where Winston Churchill had a secret war-time headquarters.

More Aboriginal bones have been uncovered at the site of a rail extension project in South Australia.

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