On the edge of a Roman site in Cumbria, England, archaeologists and volunteers have uncovered what could be an early Christian cemetery. “We’re discovering new things on an almost daily basis which are giving us new insights into what happened on this site across hundreds of years,” said archaeologist Tony Wilmot.

Closer scrutiny of high-definition underwater video taken by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has revealed “an interesting debris field” that may be the landing gear and other parts from Amelia Earhart’s plane. “We had, of course, hoped to see large pieces of aircraft wreckage but as soon as we saw the severe underwater environment at Nikumaroro we knew that we would be looking for debris from an airplane that had been torn to pieces 75 years ago,” said Ric Gillespie of TIGHAR.

Children swimming in a newly dug pond in Cambodia discovered six Buddhist statues estimated to be 1,000 years old. The largest statue is about 1 1/2 feet tall.

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