The China Post reports:

Underwater archaeologists yesterday announced the discovery of a man-made wall submerged under the waters of the Pescadores Islands that could be at least six and seven thousand years old. Steve Shieh, the head of the planning committee for the Taiwan Underwater Archaeology Institute, said the wall was discovered to the northwest of Tong-chi Island in the Pescadores towards the end of September.

The stone wall, with an average height of one meter and a width of 50 centimeters, covers a distance of over 100 meters, Hsieh said.

The wall ran along the ocean floor at depths of between 25 and 30 meters, he added.

Space Imaging reports:

Lake Bracciano, 20 miles northwest of Rome, Italy - the site of a 7,800-year-old settlement discovered 400 yards off the shore in 25 feet of water.

Archaeologist Maria Antonietta Fugazzol a Delpino began excavating the Neolithic village, now called La Marmotta, when a dredging machine encountered the site while digging a trench for a new aqueduct system. More than 3,000 wood posts have been excavated, along with roof timbers, utensils, painted pottery and other artifacts. Fugazzola’s surveys suggest that the village covered five acres.

The archaeological dig was recently featured in the November issue of Discover magazine.