A floor mosaic has been unearthed in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. The site was once the location of the northern gate of the Roman settlement, Augusta Traiana.

Plots of irrigated farmland have been found in Loulan, China, along the route of the ancient Silk Road. The city vanished in the third century A.D.

Archaeologists gathered in Greece to discuss Byzantine-era fortresses in the Peloponnese.

The Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck site seems to have escaped serious damage from Hurricane Irene. This fall, scientists will excavate the foremast and gallery areas of the sunken vessel.

Here’s an update on the joint investigation of Irish immigrants conducted by students at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and Queen’s University, Belfast. The focus is on Hugh Cummiskey, who came to Lowell from Northern Ireland in 1822. “It’s an unfolding story,” explained Frank Talty of the Center for Irish Partnerships.

Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has admitted that the politician’s discovery of two Greek amphorae on a dive trip last August was staged. It wasn’t mentioned here, but maybe you saw the original story.

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