One of the first Viking settlements in Ireland, Linn Duchaill, has been found. “Dublin developed more as a trading town, this appeared to be more of a raiding town,” explained researcher Micheál McKeown. He estimates that there were 5,000 Vikings and 200 ships at this defended position on the River Glyde during the ninth century.

Italy will receive $145 million from the European Union for the preservation of Pompeii. “For now, the plan is to deal with the emergency situation,” said Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy.

Having shorter legs may have helped Neanderthals and other mammals move more efficiently over mountainous terrain. It had been thought that shorter limbs helped Neanderthals stay warm in cold environments.

A reward has been offered for the capture and conviction of vandals who built a campfire at the First Canyon Site in Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon, and then used the fire’s charcoal to write graffiti on the rock art panel.

CNN has more information on the thirteenth-century shipwreck that was discovered off the coast of Japan. It may have been part of Kublai Khan’s lost fleet.

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