News articles for June 7

Seems to be rather a slow news day so far. Maybe it will pick up later. Some interesting articles this evening.

New stories as of 10:30 PM:

Herculaneum Group Continues Quest To Uncover Ancient History
Town Crier
Mackinac Island has always been a place known for its rich history, but at a conference at Grand Hotel from Saturday, June 2, to Wednesday, June 6, the Island welcomed in a team of classicists to continue efforts in uncovering an even greater history, papyrus texts from the ancient Greek and Roman world...
http://www.mackinacislandnews.com/news/2007/0609/News/009.html
Subscription only for the next few weeks, unfortunately. This means that I haven't read it fully either.

Freshwater Crabs Thrive In Roman Ruins
Cosmos Magazine
Throughout the rise and fall of Rome's emperors, monarchs and politicians an inconspicuous crab has reigned supreme in the ruins...
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1375

Bronze Artemis Sells For 28.6 Million, Sets Records
Bloomberg.com
An important, 2,000-year-old Roman bronze of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, brought $28.6 million this afternoon at Sotheby's in New York, becoming both the most expensive antiquity and piece of sculpture from any period to sell at auction...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=agaewu8u95EE&refer=muse

In Iraq's Four-Year Looting Frenzy, The Allies Have Become The Vandals
The Guardian
British and American collusion in the pillaging of Iraq's heritage is a scandal that will outlive any passing conflict...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2098057,00.html

New stories as of 12:45 PM:

Ancient Sites Found In Central Iran
Press TV
Archeological excavations near Sialk Mound in central Iran have led to the discovery of several historic sites dating back to 3000 year ago...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=12362&sectionid=351020105

Torrenueva Archaeological Find Is Roman, Not Phoenician
Typically Spanish
Ceramics found at the site are believed to be from the 1st and 2nd centuries BC
Experts from the Junta de Andalucía say the archaeological find unearthed in Torrenueva on Tuesday is Roman and not Phoenician, as was first put forward as a possibility...
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_10855.shtml

Ancient DNA Traces The Woolly Mammoth's Disappearance
EurekaAlert
Some ancient-DNA evidence has offered new clues to a very cold case: the disappearance of the last woolly mammoths, one of the most iconic of all Ice Age giants, according to a June 7th report published online in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-06/cp-adt053107.php

New Archaeological Site in Solin
Javno
A new, according to archaeologists, very valuable site was found in Solin, once Salona, at the depth of one metre: a wall 15 metres long and parts of at least three top-processed marble sarcophaguses, dating from the second half of the 3^rd century A.D.
http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=50689