May 10: News Articles

King Herod is still making headlines today.

Articles as of 10:50 PM

Rare Medieval Book Comes to Chicago
Chicago Public Radio
A rare medieval bible commentary is coming to Chicago...
http://chicagopublicradio.org/Cityroom_Story.aspx?storyID=10675

Articles as of 9:30 PM

Tunnel to Re-Open at Mystery Hill
BBC News
Engineers are to re-open a tunnel that goes deep inside the ancient monument of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/6645367.stm

Roman Clues Found at Ancient Hill
BBC News
Archaeologists have found traces of a Roman settlement at a 5,000-year-old landmark man-made hill in Wiltshire...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/6436967.stm

The Alhambra Needs a Push
SUR in English
Time is running out. There are now fewer than 60 days left to vote for the New Seven Wonders of the World, the brainchild of Swiss multimillionaire Bernard Weber. The final verdict will be announced on July 7th in Lisbon, Portugal...
http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?Noticia=10581

Articles as of 10:00 AM

Palestinians Blast Discovery of King Herod's Tomb
Israel Today
A Palestinian official on Wednesday labeled as unsubstantiated propaganda an Israeli archeologist's announcement a day earlier that he had discovered the tomb of King Herod south of Jerusalem...
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=12662


PA Official Disputes King Herod's Tomb Discovery Claim
The Jerusalem Post
A Palestinian official on Wednesday expressed doubts regarding an Israeli archeologist's announcement that he had found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708568365&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Fragmentary Knowledge
The New Yorker
n October, 2005, a truck pulled up outside the National Archeological Museum in Athens, and workers began unloading an eight-ton X-ray machine that its designer, X-Tek Systems of Great Britain, had dubbed the Bladerunner.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_seabrook