Saturday, May 19, 2007

New news articles for May 19

Some interesting articles today.

New articles as of 10:40 AM:

From Here to Antiquity
PerthNow
Delve deep into the ancient Egyptian underworld and follow the path to an afterlife in this collection of artefacts on tour from the Louvre...
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21761459-5005364,00.html

Eureka! Ancient Treasure Hidden Ancient-Greek Text
Hamilton Spectator
First Archimedes, now Aristotle: Study of prayer book reveals another...
http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1179551708159&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112188062620
I've seen documentaries on the Archimedes texts. I wonder when there will be one on this. Either way, this is absolutely fascinating.

Discovery of Iron Age Ditches Adds To History of Castle
The Scotsman
SOME of the earliest Iron Age defences at Edinburgh Castle have been unearthed during excavation work for the attraction's new visitor centre...
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=780392007


Archaeologists Uncover Remarkable Roman Burial Under A2
24 Hour Museum
A remarkable series of burial sites and other ancient relics of the great and good of Roman Kent have been discovered under the A2 near Gravesend...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART47448.html
This article, unlike the ones yesterday contains several photos of the site and the finds.

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