Temple linked to Hercules and Alexander the Great discovered in ancient megacity in Iraq (www.livescience.com)
Rite Aid "covert surveillance program" falsely ID'd customers as shoplifters, FTC says (www.cbsnews.com)
EU fingerprint checks for British travellers to start in 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
Oldest known ship burial discovered in Norway predates Vikings (www.livescience.com)
Rome unearths ancient domus between Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (www.wantedinrome.com)
The Met to return looted ancient artworks to Thailand and Cambodia (www.bbc.com)
Three killed while repairing ancient wall at Unesco world heritage site in Tunisia (www.theguardian.com)
The World's Oldest Settlements Were Built by a Culture Nobody Expected (www.sciencealert.com)
'Complex' study into potential rock art damage raises concerns as researchers call for more time (www.abc.net.au)
CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens hand out medical records to cops without warrants (arstechnica.com)
At COP28, 12,000 surveillance cameras are causing privacy concerns (www.euronews.com)
Roman 'backwater' bucked Empire's decline, archaeologists reveal (phys.org)
Earliest 'true' saddle in east Asia discovered (phys.org)
Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii (www.theguardian.com)
UK proposes selfie-based, AI age verification system for porn sites (www.techspot.com)
Danish MPs vote to ban desecration of religious texts after Qur’an burnings (www.theguardian.com)
Venice: Tourists flip gondola after refusing to stop taking selfies (news.sky.com)
US reviewing Amnesty International report that said US-made munitions have killed civilians in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Nepal calls on Russia not to deploy its Gurkhas in Ukraine war (www.independent.co.uk)
Ukraine's SBU killed fugitive Ukrainian lawmaker in Russia - source (www.reuters.com)
Afghan Hazara refugees live in fear of being deported by Pakistan (www.bbc.com)
China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
Netherlands returns colonial-era artefacts to Sri Lanka (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it? (www.nature.com)
Israeli settler violence brings destruction and fear to West Bank as war rages (www.bbc.com)
