News from May 31

Seems to be fairly slow this morning.

New articles as of

Property Developers And Neglect Threaten Jerusalem's Ancient Glory
Haaretz.com
Jerusalem's glorious history is fading at an alarming pace, according to the National Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Jerusalem-based academy hosted a conference this week on the progress of preserving ancient sites in the capital...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/865705.html
In recent days there's been warnings about this in Egypt, and one about sites at risk in Scotland. That one though is due to climate change and erosion. Now this. There's been a lot about it in the media lately.


Ancient Artificial Eye in Iranian Exhibit
PressTV
The artificial eyeball, found at Iran's historical Burnt City, has been presented at the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=11640&sectionid=351020108

New articles as of 3:10 PM:

Ruins of Ancient Pompeii Yield Secrets of Roman Households
Fox News
Residents of Pompeii ate their meals on the run, just like many Americans do today, according to a new archaeological study of how households functioned in the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276852,00.html

The Classical Past Approached Imaginatively
Telegraph.co.uk
Peter Jones reviews Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak and Farewell Britannia: A Family Saga of Roman Britain by Simon Young...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/05/31/bomat27.xml
An interesting book review.

New articles since last night:

Secrets of Ancient Pompeii Households Revealed In Ruins
LiveScience
Residents of Pompeii ate their meals on the run, just like many Americans do today, according to a new archaeological study of how households functioned in the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070531_pompeii_life.html

Ancient Scottish Sites 'Under Threat From Erosion'
UKTV
Experts warn that a number of important archaeological sites along the Scottish coast could be swept into the sea...
http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/History.news/aid/588892

Blockley - Mystery of Henges Will Be Explored
Cotswold Journal
ONE of the country's leading archaeologists will be giving an illustrated lecture in Blockley at the beginning of July...
http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/display.var.1437773.0.blockley_mystery_of_henges_will_be_explored.php


Human Sacrifice Clues Found In European Stone Age Burials
Kazinform
KAZINFORM. Common Stone Age graves in Europe that include the remains of physically disabled people hint at ritual human sacrifice there, a new study says...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=152115