From BBC News: Turkey demands the return of the bones of St Nicholas.
From BBC News: 15th Century Papal Bull
From the Telegraph: Tomb of 3rd Cent Notorious General
A Turkish archaeologist has called on his government to demand that Italy return the bones of St Nicholas to their original resting place.
The 3rd Century saint - on whom Santa Claus was modelled - was buried in the modern-day town of Demre in Turkey.
But in the Middle Ages his bones were taken by Italian sailors and re-interred in the port of Bari.
The Turkish government said it was considering making a request to Rome for the return of the saint's remains.
From BBC News: 15th Century Papal Bull
Work to preserve a 15th Century letter from the Pope founding the University of St Andrews has been completed.
The Bull of Foundation is one of a series of six letters from the Pope, sent in 1413, which brought the institution into existence.
It took experts three weeks to restore the Papal Bull, including surface cleaning, repairing edge tears and the realignment of the document's silk tag.
The document will now be able to be displayed to the public.
From the Telegraph: Tomb of 3rd Cent Notorious General
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a large third-century tomb which they say could be that of Cao Cao, the politician and general infamous in East Asia for his Machiavellian tactics.
The tomb, discovered in Xigaoxue village near the ancient city of Anyang in Henan Province, has an epitaph and inscription that appear to refer to Cao Cao, Central China Television said on Sunday.
A Chinese proverb, "speak of Cao Cao and he appears", is the the equivalent of "speak of the devil" in English.
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