Inside the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan, archaeologists have discovered 23 stone plaques adorned with carvings of serpents and warriors. The carvings were probably made when the temple was built, between 1440 and 1469. A reward has been offered for the return of a fragment of an Assyrian relief and a Roman marble head that were stolen from […]

In Italy, heavy snow has damaged the Colosseum in Rome and medieval buildings in Urbino. At least 83 animal mummies, including dogs, cats, sheep, and goats, have been discovered in a chamber of what could be a temple at the ancient Egyptian holy place of Abydos. Another chamber contained a wooden statue thought to represent the […]