Czech archaeologists have rediscovered a Meroe-period temple that had been lost to the desert sands of Sudan in the nineteenth century.

Riddles written in the ancient Akkadian language have been translated from a copy of a 3,500-year-old clay tablet from southern Mesopotamia by Nathan Wasserman of Hebrew University, and Michael Streck of the Altorientalisches Institut at Universität Leipzig. Some of the riddles are political, some are crude, and some rely on metaphors.

In northern Greece, a priest and his assistant were arrested for digging within the Church of the Prophet Elijah. Treasure hunting has become more widespread in Greece since the financial crisis began.

A megalithic hill fort in Northern Ireland is being cleared of trees and bushes. “It occupies a site the size of four football pitches and sits in a very strategic position in the Quoile Marshes, because, in the past especially, it must have been surrounded by water at least part of the year,” said archaeologist Ken Neill.

The Princeton University Art Museum has returned six artifacts to Italy.

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