May 11th Articles

The news is rather medieval today.
Correction: It's turning into rather a patchwork mosaic of stories.

New articles as of 10:10 PM

Getty Moves Closer To Returning an Ancient Statue to Italy
The New York Times
The 2,400-year-old statue of the goddess Aphrodite is one of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s most prized artifacts and it might have been illegally excavated in southern Italy...
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/arts/design/12aphr.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=7c4f8432Q2F-qQ2FQ7E-Q5DSeZQ25SSQ5E5-5EEP-EJ-t5-sQ25Q5EZ-Q5DQ2FZQ3EyB-t5s!.Q25u.Q5Ej)
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Mind & Spirit - The Tomb of Herod the Great
Jamaica Gleaner
The report this week of the discovery of the tomb of Herod the Great at the site of Herodium led me to recall my first visit there...
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070512/news/news5.html

New articles as of 4:50 PM:

Sanliurfa Mosaic Depicts Amazons
Today's Zaman
A high-quality mosaic unearthed in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa around two years ago and believed to date from the Roman Empire, has turned out to feature a depiction of the ancient Amazons of some 3,000 years ago, archaeologists working in the region said this week.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=111010

New articles as of 11:00 AM:

Getty Museum to Return Disputed Venus Statue to Italy
Monsters and Critics
Rome - The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has promised to return a 2,400-year-old statue of Venus to Italy following repeated requests from Rome, director Michael Brand told daily La Repubblica on Friday...
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1303281.php/Getty_Museum_to_return_disputed_Venus_statue_to_Italy_report

Restoration of The Painting of Our Lady of Good Counsel
di-ve.com
The title of Our Lady of Good Counsel is connected to the town of Genezzano, about 25 miles to the South East of Rome...
http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=277039&pid=91

New Book Illuminates Medieval Manuscripts
University of Wyoming
New understanding of illustrated manuscripts developed in the late 13th and early 14th centuries is provided in an art history book written by Elizabeth Moore Hunt, assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Art...
http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=15122
This looks to be a truly fascinating book if the article is anything to go by.