June 25th News

It's the start of a new week. I wonder what will be in the news as a result.

New stories as of 10:19 PM:

Collecting Antiquities, Cautiously, At The Getty
The New York Times
The title of antiquities curator at a major museum has always had a glamorous ring to it, an air of elegant erudition, pith helmets and globe-trotting. But as battles over so-called cultural patrimony have grown more intense in recent years, the post has also become a hot seat, with countries aggressively seeking the return of treasures they say were looted from their soil and then sold...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/arts/design/26getty.html?ref=design

New stories as of 8:12 PM:

Pompeii: Buried Treasures
Minneapolis Star Tribune
In what is a coup for the Science Museum of Minnesota, more than 250 priceless artifacts from the infamously ruined city of Pompeii have been transported -- very carefully -- to the downtown St. Paul museum...
http://www.startribune.com/1376/story/1267748.html

New stories as of 11:00 AM:

Three Thousand Year Old Mummy Discovered In Egypt
Yahoo News
CAIRO (AFP) - Archaeologists have discovered the 3,000-year-old mummy of a high priest to the god Amun in the southern city of Luxor, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass told the official MENA news agency on Saturday...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070622/sc_afp/egyptarchaeology_070622200806;_ylt=AhExDxlWEBvM1q2WVamZNkhFeQoB

Italy To Return Smuggled Art To Pakistan
San Francisco Chronicle
Italy agreed Monday to return 96 ancient looted items to Pakistan, urging other countries to do the same...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/25/entertainment/e100502D42.DTL
Also posted at:
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&Date=20070625&ID=7080141

Egyptologists Think They Have Hatshepsut's Mummy
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptologists think they have identified with certainty the mummy of Hatshepsut, the most famous queen to rule ancient Egypt, found in a humble tomb in the Valley of the Kings, an archaeologist said on Monday...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKL2589587820070625

New stories as of 10:06 AM:

Calendar Question Over Star Disc
BBC News
Archaeologists have revived the debate over whether a spectacular Bronze Age disc from Germany is one of the earliest known calendars...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6722953.stm

Medieval Tiles Discovered At Abbey
Cambridge Evening News
OLD tiles kept at Abbey College in Ramsey have turned out to be one of the best collections of medieval abbey tiles in the country...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/huntingdon/2007/06/25/1bba2f7e-aa5c-496a-bfb3-77cd34b60d1a.lpf