Audio news from Archaeologica

(1) Google search finds new Roman ruin: Google’s satellite-mapping service helps an Italian computer programmer find an ancient Roman villa near his home. (2) American Civil War ship uncovered at modern navy base: The remnants of what appears to be a Civil War-era brig have been partially unearthed by construction crews at Pensacola Naval Air Station. (3) Scottish monastery dig finds burial of early medieval monk: Archaeologists excavating the site of a Pictish monastery in Easter Ross have unearthed an extremely well preserved cist burial, thought to be the grave of a 6th or 7th-century monk. (4) Turkish sands disclose the seats of an ancient democracy: Ruins of the parliament in Patara, considered the world's first elected government, reveal a semicircle of seats that became a model for the Capitol.