A retired policeman and a house painter have been arrested in northern Greece on suspicion of antiquities smuggling after an ancient gold wreath and armband were found in their car, police said Friday.
A team of maritime archaeologists will conduct extensive underwater surveys in the northwest coast of Qatar from October to look for signs of ancient trade and human inhabitation before the Gulf was flooded by sea level rise thousands of years ago.
Archaeologists believe a skeleton found with a musketball between his ribs is from one of the Duke of Wellington’s British regiments at Waterloo, and described the discovery of the skeleton as one of the best ever war finds.
