New Stories as of June 26

Well, the news covers the span of classical through medieval history today.

New stories as of 8:17 PM:

Dig at Ruins Uncovered By Storm
BBC News
Archaeologists are excavating the remains of houses believed to date back 2,000 years after they were uncovered by a ferocious storm...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6238302.stm

Ice Age Ivory 'Charm' Thought To Be Oldest Intact Mammoth Carving
The Independent
Archaeologists have found what is believed to be the world's oldest fully intact ivory carving of a mammoth from an Ice Age site in Germany that was inhabited by the first Homo sapiens 35,000 years ago...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2714179.ece

Tooth May Have Solved Mummy Mystery
The New York Times
A single tooth and some DNA clues appear to have solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, one of the great queens of ancient Egypt, who reigned in the 15th century B.C....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/world/middleeast/27mummy.html?hp

Archaeologists Think They Have Mummy Of Queen Hatshepsut
World Science
Some Egyp­tol­o­gists be­lieve they have iden­ti­fied 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://www.world-science.net/othernews/070626_hatshepsut.htm

Mystery Mummy May Be Female Pharoah
The Guardian Unlimited
A leading archaeologist will announce that he believes he has finally solved the mystery of the missing body of Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest woman ruler who reigned as a pharaoh more than 3,000 years ago...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2112307,00.html

New stories as of 2:15 PM:

9,000-Year-Old Beer Tastes Great
VOA News
A Delaware brewery known for its specialty beers has created a new one based on a 9,000-year-old recipe. VOA's Liu Enming recently traveled to Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to taste Chateau Jiahu beer. Jim Bertel narrates...
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-06-26-voa23.cfm

Egypt: Hatshepsut Mummy Identified After 3,500 Years
AGI News on
(AGI) - Cairo, Jun 26 - Already, it is being described as the greatest discovery in the Valley of Kings after that of Tutankhamen: the discovery, or rather, identification, of Hatshepsut's mummy, the most famous queen in the history of Egypt...
http://www.agi.it/world/news/200706262128-cro-ren0099-art.html

New stories as of 11:30 AM:

£2m Lottery Fund To Protect Medieval Landscape
eGov Monitor
The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced that is has earmarked £2million for a local partnership project to restore and protect the medieval landscape of the Weald Forest Ridge...
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1528178273083463557

Health In Early Medieval Times
News-Medical.Net
Latest research into health in medieval Europe taking in everything from demonic possession to miracles of healing is to be revealed at The University of Nottingham. Experts from all over the world are gathering at the University to exchange their latest findings on concepts of Health and the Healthy Body in early medieval times, 400-1200AD...
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=26861

Iraq: New Archaeological Teams To Preserve Key Sites
adnkronosinternational
Baghdad, 26 June (AKI) - Close to a dozen teams of archaeologists have begun excavating and safeguarding a number of key archaeological sites across conflict-torn Iraq, including such biblical sites as Babylon - considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Iraq's tourism and archaeology ministry announced...
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.429496804&par=

Archaeologists Finally Locate Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut's Mummy
newKerala.com
Washington, June 26 : Archaeologists have finally located the mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest female pharaoh.
Hatshepsut was the daughter of Pharaoh Tuthmosis I and wife of Tuthmosis II, her half-brother...
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=42016

Earthquake 'a Good Omen For Boudicca'
EDP24
It was an awesome David and Goliath battle waged two thousand years ago that shook the Roman Empire...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED25%20Jun%202007%2020%3A59%3A58%3A380