New News for June 11th

It looks like the biggest story today will be the virtual rebuilding of Rome. It certainly has the early lead. There's lots of other news as well.

New stories as of 9:44 PM:

More Clues In The Legend (Or Is It Fact?) Of Romulus
The New York Times
New archaeological finds are fueling a heated debate about Rome's founding myth...
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/science/12rome.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26refQ3Dscience&OP=5203c848Q2FQ3D)tNQ3Dso3mwoolpQ3DpLLQ7DQ3DL8Q3DqpQ3Dm3Sti3tQ3DqpwoQ7BtQ25ulQ7BA
You have to be a registered member of the New York Times website to read this article, unfortunately. Perhaps tomorrow it will have been picked up by some of the other papers.

New stories as of 8:10 PM:

Mycenaean Tombs Found
IOL
Athens - Greek archaeologists have uncovered four intact tombs about 30 centuries old and Roman baths from a later period in the south-west of the country, the local media reported on Monday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070611221851698C189240

New stories as of 4:23 PM:

Visit Ancient Rome, Thanks To New Computer Simulation
The Seattle Times
ROME — Computer experts today unveiled a digital reproduction of ancient Rome as it appeared at the peak of its power in A.D. 320 — what they called the largest and most complete simulation of a historic city ever created...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2003743450_webvirtualrome11.html

Visiting Ancient Rome From Home
WCAV News
Imagine if you could take a trip back in time to visit ancient Rome when the city was at its prime, without ever leaving your house. Monday, a new website was unveiled that will allow you to do just that...
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/7944852.html

New stories as of 3:05 PM:

Ancient Rome is Rebuilt Digitally
Physorg,com
Visitors to virtual Rome will be able to do even more than ancient Romans did: They can crawl through the bowels of the Colosseum, filled with lion cages and primitive elevators, and fly up for a detailed look at bas-reliefs and inscriptions atop triumphal arches...
http://www.physorg.com/news100801038.html
Also posted at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/11/ap/tech/main2916378.shtml
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6641877&nav=S6aK
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061101377.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIRTUAL_ROME?SITE=MOCOD&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-06-11-15-12-59

Replica of Nina Ship To Dock at Marquette
The Daily Globe
On Friday, June 29, a replica of the Nina will open for tours in Marquette. The ship will be docked at Lower Harbor Park, until her departure Thursday, July 5...
http://www.ironwooddailyglobe.com/0611nina.htm

Early Europeans Likely Sacrificed Their Own
MSNBC News
Europe's prehistoric hunter-gatherers may have practiced human sacrifice, a new study claims...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19174423/

New stories as of 1:30 AM:

Ancient Tombs Found In Greece
The Times
ATHENS - Greek archaeologists have uncovered four intact tombs some 30 centuries old and Roman baths from a later period in the southwest of the country, the local media reported...
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=489112

Ancient Rome Restored - Virtually
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A group of Virginians and Californians has rebuilt ancient Rome. And today they received the grateful thanks of the modern city's mayor...
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2142

Ancient Rome Brought Back To Life
The Globe and Mail
ROME — Tourists puzzled by the jumble of buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital in what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation of an ancient city...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070611.wromemodel0611/BNStory/Science/home
Also posted at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL1114988420070611

Ancient Rome Rebuilt Digitally
ScienceDaily
Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni will officiate at the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project based at the University of Virginia and begun at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to use advanced technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070611092847.htm

Rome Reborn
Newsweek
How do you say megabyte in Latin? Ancient Rome was reborn—as a virtual city—today, when a team of American and Italian academics unveiled Rome Reborn, a real-time 3-D computer reconstruction that allows visitors to navigate the ancient city as if it were 320 A.D. again...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19169594/site/newsweek/

In The Alps, Hunting For Hannibal's Trail - 2007-06-11
Exduco
When Hannibal led his army across the Alps, he sought to conquer the Roman Empire and define the path of Western civilization...
http://www.exduco.net/news.php?id=1703

Walk Through Ancient Rome In Largest Ever Digital Simulation
Daily Mail
Rome's monuments may be crowded with tourists, crippled by time and damaged by pollution, but the glory days of this ancient imperial city are alive and well - inside a computer...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=461329&in_page_id=1811
Also posted at:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-06-11-rome-relives-digital_N.htm
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/11/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Virtual-Rome.php

Learn What The Romans Did For Dorch
Dorset Echo
THE historic Roman Town House in Dorchester is getting a cash boost to improve its facilities for visitors...
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1462764.0.learn_what_the_romans_did_for_dorch.php

Unique Thracian Symbol Of Royalty Discovered In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Archaeologists have discovered the most ancient ruler's symbol on Bulgarian territory, what was once the kingdom of the Thracian tribes...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81728

Arrow Killed Otzi the 5,000-Year-Old Frozen Hunter
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Otzi, the 5,000-year-old frozen hunter found in a melting glacier by hikers in the Italian Alps, died from blood loss, shock and a heart attack caused by an arrowhead that severed an artery beneath his left collarbone...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-611otzokilled,0,5499595.story?coll=sfla-news-science

First of it's Kind Royal Symbol Discovered In Bulgaria
Sofia Echo
Archaeological expedition led by Daniela Agre and Deyan Dichev made unprecedented discovery near Bulgarian village of Golyam Dervent...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/first-of-its-kind-royal-symbol-discovered-in-bulgaria/id_23045/catid_70

2007 Excavation Season Begins
Turkish Daily News
The minister for culture and tourism Atilla Koç held a press conference Friday to mark the opening of the 2007 excavation season, and likened the tumulus and archaeological sites across Turkey to oil springs...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=75450


World's Endangered Monuments Are Listed
Monsters & Critics
The 2008 list of the 100 most endangered world monuments has been released by the World Monument Fund...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1316125.php/World%60s_endangered_monuments_are_listed