At the site of Yesilova Höyügü in western Turkey, archaeologists have found fingerprints on clay pots that are thought to have been left by women and children 8,000 years ago.

Three ancient tombs have reportedly been found in Romania.

While assisting in the clean up after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, archaeologists have had access to shipwrecks, a coastal plantation, and a nineteenth-century military fort, in addition to sites occupied by the Gulf Coast mound people.

Archaeologists from the University of Manchester are excavating Whitworth Park, which opened in 1890. “It was a colorful place, filled with elaborate flowerbeds and walkways, to promote the health and wellbeing of adults and children from all social classes,” said Melanie Giles.

Discovery News offers more information on how the eighteenth-century ship uncovered at the World Trade Center site in New York City was constructed.

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