June 20th News

Rather a variety of new stories today, and new articles on older stories as well.

New stories as of 7:36 PM:

Restored - But Medieval Maze Is Still A Puzzle After Centuries
Yorkshire Post
A MAZE is designed to puzzle, but whoever dreamt up the intricate earth and grass labyrinth that is Julian's Bower can be especially pleased –it remains a mystery after hundreds of years...
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news?articleid=2963204

Los Angeles' Getty Museum Gets New Antiquities Curator
PR-Inside
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The J. Paul Getty Museum, under criticism by countries that say some of its priceless ancient art collection was stolen, announced Wednesday the appointment of a new curator of antiquities...
http://www.pr-inside.com/los-angeles-getty-museum-gets-new-r159553.htm
Also posted at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/20/state/n153927D02.DTL
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/20/america/NA-GEN-US-Getty-Curator.php

Archaeologist Sparks Hunt For Holy Grail
Telegraph.co.uk
An archaeologist has sparked a Da Vinci Code-style hunt for the Holy Grail after claiming ancient records show it is buried under a 6th century church in Rome...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/20/wgrail120.xml

News stories as of 10:53 AM:

Rare Medieval maze Springs Back Into Life In Lincolnshire
24 Hour Museum
A rare medieval earth and grass maze – one of the few remaining in the UK and the most dramatic - is showing the green shoots of recovery after being renovated...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART48259.html

Ancient Italians Were Actually From Turkey
Nirvana
New reports suggest that the ancient Italians may actually have originated from Turkey, with genetic studies revealing that the 'native' Etruscans migrated from Turkey...
http://www.nirvanainternational.com/news/archaeology/18186508

Ancient Romans Preferred Fast Food
ABC Online
The average ancient Roman ate on the run and didn't wine and dine in decadence and formality like the elite in Rome, says a British archaeologist...
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/1956392.htm?health

Departing Heads of Archaeological Schools Honored
Athens News Agency
The culture ministry on Wednesday held an event in honour of six departing directors of foreign schools and archaeological institutes in Athens who will soon be leaving Greece...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=5450590&maindocimg=1180218&service=102

35,000-Year-Old Mammoth Sculpture Found in Germany
Spiegel Online
In southwestern Germany, an American archaeologist and his German colleagues have found the oldest mammoth-ivory carving known to modern science. And even at 35,000 years old, it's still intact...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,489776,00.html

Ancient Nile Gold-Making Factory Found
Discovery News
June 20, 2007 — Traces of a gold factory along the banks of the river Nile are shedding a glittering new light on the kingdom of Kush, one of the great forgotten civilizations of Africa, U.S. archaeologists announced on Tuesday...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/20/nilegold_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070620120030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Archaeologists Discover Nile Gold Processing Center
Middle East Times
CHICAGO, IL, USA -- US archaeologists have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC...
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070620-071613-4025r