Construction work was prevented in Vancouver when protesters from the Musqueam Indian Band kept the developers off a lot that they say could be an ancient burial ground.

Light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, is a high-tech tool scientists are using to map archaeological sites and how they change over time. “LiDAR technology (helps) map not only ancient architecture, but the underlying landscape in a more cost-effective manner than would a traditional archaeological survey,” wrote Chris Fisher, who has used LiDAR technology in Western Mexico, where he has mapped the Purepecha city of Sacapu Angamuco.

Archaeologists have used ground-penetrating radar and a magnetometer to map a Viking settlement in eastern Norway. “There is no doubt that we have encountered a market town-like structure from the Viking age with houses and streets,” said Knut Paashe of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research.

Tomorrow morning, Jerusalem District Court Judge Aharon Farkash will rule in the trial of Oded Golan, who was indicted on charges of forgery, fraud, and deception in 2004 related to the much hyped “James Ossuary.” Nearly 140 witnesses testified in his trial, but experts could not agree on the origins of the bone box.

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