News for Sunday June 24

Another slow day, it looks like.

New news as of 3:37 PM:

Rise Of Man Theory "Out By 400,000 Years"
Times Online
Our earliest ancestors gave up hunter-gathering and took to a settled life up to 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to controversial research...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1980396.ece

New news as of 11:45 AM:

Recovering Lost Kingdom On The Nile Is Matter Of Time
Cleveland.com
On the periphery of history in antiquity, there was a land known as Kush. Overshadowed by Egypt to the north, it was a place of uncharted breadth and depth far up the Nile, a mystery verging on myth. One thing the Egyptians did know and recorded - Kush had gold.
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1182686173140490.xml&coll=2

3000 Year Old Mummy Found In Egypt
Javno
It is a mummy of a High Priest Senefer dating back to the 18^th dynasty (1550-1292 B.C.). It was discovered by a group of archaeologists from the Cambridge University. The mummy was found in grave 99 in the Valley of Kings, the Egyptian news agency Mena reported.
http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=56339