07 AVRIL 2017 NEWS: Tham Lod - Pompéi - Christchurch -
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THAILANDE – 
Tham Lod rock shelter - The remains of the woman, who lived about 13,600 years ago, were found in the Late Pleistocene Tham Lod rock shelter in north-west Thailand. The woman was between 25 and 35 years old and between 1.48 and 1.56 metres tall. The age of her remains and the location they were found in suggest that she descended from the first humans to colonise South-East Asia. The findings are reported in the journal Antiquity. The first approximation of the woman's face has now been created, using a global dataset of measurements of skulls, muscles, skin and other soft facial tissue from a large sample of the population across the world.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/face-stone-age-woman-thailand-highlands-revealed-1615309
ITALIE – 
Pompéi - A cast of two embracing figures taken at Pompeii is that of two male lovers, Superintendent Massimo Osanna said after new findings Thursday. "Pompeii never ceases to amaze," he said. "We always imagined that it was an embrace between women. But a CAT scan and DNA have revealed that they are men," he said. The casts of shapes in the volcanic ash that buried the ancient Roman city in 49 AD were made by archaeologist Vittorio Spinazzola at the start of the 20th century. This cast was made at the House of the Cryptoporticus.
NOUVELLE ZELANDE – 
Christchurch - "Bears Grease" hair product, children's cutlery, and 19th century pharmaceuticals are among artefacts found at the new Christchurch Convention Centre site. Archaeologists have found the remains of a well, walls, and rubbish pits possibly dating back to Christchurch's earliest days of European settlement. The first European settlers established themselves in the area in the 1840s and 1850s. A bone handle found at the convention centre site had "for a good boy" carved on the side, leading Garland to believe it was from a children's cutlery set. "It looks like it's hand-carved as well." There was also a black glass jar with "Hockin" on the side, dating back to the 1840s. "Charles Hocken was a pharmacist in London who also made photography chemicals and things like that," Garland said. "It's another sign that a lot of the stuff we're finding at the convention centre is relatively early for Christchurch."
