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Europe's Oldest Town Unearthed in Bulgaria (November 4, 2012): Archaeologists have unearthed a town in eastern Bulgaria they say is the oldest town found to date.

Tomb of Lady K'abel, Maya Queen and Holy Snake Lord, Discovered in Guatemala (October 4, 2012): The tomb of Lady K'abel, a late 7th century Maya Holy Snake Lord and queen has been discovered in Guatemala.

Ancient Buddhist Statue, Acquired by Nazis in 1938, was Carved From a Meteorite (September 26, 2012): Scientists have announced that an ancient Buddhist statue was carved from a meteorite.

Scholars at University of Chicago Complete Demotic Egyptian Dictionary (September 25, 2012): Scholars at the University of Chicago have announced the completion of a Demotic Egyptian dictionary.

Ancient Tooth With Beeswax Filling May Provide Evidence of Early Human Dentistry (September 20, 2012): Researchers have found an ancient 6,500-year-old human jaw bone that contains a tooth with traces of a beeswax filling.

Massive Roman Mosaic Uncovered in Southern Turkey (September 13, 2012): Researchers from University of Nebraska-Lincoln discovered a 1,600-square-foot mosaic in southern Turkey. It is believed to be part of a Roman bath.

Archaeologists May Have Found Skeleton of King Richard III (September 12, 2012): Researchers believe they may have found the remains of King Richard III.

Stone Age Ram and Wild Bovine Figurines Found at Tel Moza Site Near Jerusalem (September 2, 2012): Israeli researchers have discovered ancient stone age figurines of a ram and a wild bovine at the Tel Moza archaeological site.

Residents of Ancient Cahokia Settlement Drank Black Beverage That Made Them Vomit (August 15, 2012): Researchers from the University of Illinois have discovered that people living in 700 to 900 years ago in Cahokia, a massive prehistoric North American settlement near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, drank a strong black beverage that made them vomit.

Ancient Seal May Help Substantiate Legend of Samson Say Researchers (August 13, 2012): Tel Aviv University researchers recently uncovered a 12th century BCE seal depicting a man and lion in battle.

5 Feet Tall Maya Stucco Masks Discovered in Walls of Ancient Pyramid (July 20, 2012): A team of archaeologists, led by Brown University's Stephen Houston, has uncovered a pyramid, which is part of the Maya archaeological site at El Zotz, Guatemala.

Fragments of Ancient Ceramic Bowl Found in China Suggest Pottery Came Before Agriculture (July 3, 2012): Fragments of an ancient ceramic bowl were recently found in Xianrendong Cave, Jiangxi Province, China.

Ancient Neolithic Bow Discovered in Europe (June 29, 2012): An ancient bow has been discovered at the Neolithic site of La Draga, near Lake Bayoles in Catalonia, Spain.

Diet of Early Human Relative Consisted of Leaves, Fruits, Nuts and Barks (June 27, 2012): Australopithecus sediba, believed to be an early relative of modern-day humans, ate a diet of leaves, fruits, nuts and barks according to a new study published here in the journal Nature.

British Researchers Say Stonehenge Was Monument Marking Unification of Britain (June 22, 2012): After 10 years of archaeological investigations, researchers from the Stonehenge Riverside Project have concluded that Stonehenge was built as a monument to unify the peoples of Britain.

Scientists Make Easter Island Moai Statue Walk (June 22, 2012): National Geographic has published a new feature about Easter Island and its famous colossal statues, known as Moai.

Bulgarian Archaeologists Put Vampire Skeletons on Display (June 14, 2012): Bulgarian archaeologists recently found two "vampire" skeletons in a monastery in Sozopol, a Bulgarian Black Sea town.

Jar Found on Remote Island May Have Contained Amelia Earhart's Anti-Freckle Cream (June 2, 2012): Discovery News reports that a small cosmetic jar found on a remote island in the Pacific could be a clue that Amelia Earhart lived on the island as a castaway.

Remains of Newborn Iberian Twins Found at Olerdola Archaeological Site in Catalonia (May 31, 2012): Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) discovered the remains of newborn twin girls in the archaeological site of Olerdola in Barcelona.

Anthropologists Find Heads of White Americans Are Getting Bigger (May 30, 2012): White Americans' heads are getting bigger say forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Archaeologists Discover Lost Language on Tablet at Ziyaret Tepe (May 26, 2012): Archaeologists working in Turkey have found evidence for a language that dates back to over 2,500 years to the time of the Assyrian Empire.

1,000-Year-Old Tomb Found at Pachacamac in Peru Contains 80 Mummies (May 24, 2012): Archaeologists have discovered a tomb containing over eighty individuals of varying ages at the site of Pachacamac in Peru.

200-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered in Gulf of Mexico (May 18, 2012): During a recent Gulf of Mexico expedition, NOAA, BOEM and partners discovered a historic wooden-hulled vessel.

Bodies of Excavated Eastern Island Statues Contain Ancient Petroglyphs (May 16, 2012): The EISP (Easter Island Statue Project) has been excavating some of the buried statues on Easter Island in an effort to understand more about the unusual statues.

Scientists May Recreate Beer From mid-1800s Finland Shipwreck (May 12, 2012): Researchers in Finland have discovered live bacterial species in antique beer originating from the mid-1800s.