The news of June 22

Most of the articles have been posted to other papers over the past few days, but there are some new stories at the bottom of the section.

Today's stories as of 7:32 PM:

Rare Carving On Display At Cathedral
Birmingham Post
An "exceptional" 8th century limestone carving is set to return to permanent public display for the first time in more than 1,100 years...
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/news/tm_headline=rare-carving-on-display-at-cathedral&method=full&objectid=19342292&siteid=50002-name_page.html

Researchers Claim to Have Solved Mystery of Masada Remains
The Scotsman
AN ISRAELI anthropologist is using modern forensic techniques and an obscure biblical passage to challenge the accepted wisdom about human remains found at Masada, the desert fortress famous as the scene of a mass suicide nearly 2,000 years ago...
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=982742007
Also at:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_MASADA_REVISITED?SITE=TNCHA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-06-22-18-49-15
http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/23/stories/2007062350581400.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062201113.html

3000-Year Old Priest Found
World News Australia
Archaeologists have discovered the 3,000-year-old mummy of a high priest to the god Amun in the southern city of Luxor, an antiques dealer claims...
http://www.worldnewsaustralia.com.au/region.php?id=137895&region=6

Archaeologists Discover 3,000y0 Egyptian Mummy
ABC News
Archaeologists have discovered the 3,000-year-old mummy of a high priest to the god Amun in Egypt, antiquities supremo Dr Zahi Hawass has told the official MENA news agency.
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/23/1959786.htm?section=justin
Also at:
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070622194248.82glqdoj&cat=null

Archaeologists Pinpoint The Power of Nile Kingdom
The Hindu
London: An ancient site where gold flakes were hand-ground from rare ores has been uncovered by archaeologists working along the banks of the river Nile...
http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/23/stories/2007062350471400.htm

The City Of Alexander The Great To Become Open-Air Museum
Today's Zaman
The excavations of the ruins of the ancient port city allegedly established by Alexander the Great after his conquest of the Persian Empire on the site of today’s Yumurtalık, near Adana, are to be turned into an open-air museum...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=114824

City of Alexander The Great to Become Open-Air Museum
Today's Zaman
An ancient harbor city located in what is today the Yumurtalık district of the Mediterranean province of Adana will be restored and converted into an open-air museum, officials announced this week...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=114758

Today's news stories as of 10:52 AM:

Getty Museum Replaces Indicted Former Curator
CBC.ca
The J. Paul Getty Museum has finally named a successor to Marion True, the antiquities curator who is fighting charges in Italy that she bought looted artifacts for the museum's collection...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/06/22/getty-curator.html

Getty Museum Names Karol Wight To Replace Marion True
Bloomberg
June 21 (Bloomberg) -- The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles named Karol Wight as curator of antiquities. The post was formerly occupied by Marion True, who is fighting charges in Italy that she bought looted artifacts for the museum's collection...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=anU2QjahIP7U&refer=home

3rd-Century Man Preserved In Salt
Discovery News
June 22, 2007 — During the Roman Empire period, just after the fall of Parthia, a salt mine worker from northwestern Iran lost his life following a catastrophic rock collapse...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/22/saltman_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070622110000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Danish Man Brings Back Athena Artifact
Kathimierini
A 4th century BC sculpted fragment of the ancient goddess Athena, removed from Greece in the late 19th century, was returned yesterday by a Danish historian...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100016_22/06/2007_84821

Guided Walk At Stonea Camp
Hunts Post
Cambridgeshire County Council archaeologists and the County Farms Estate will be holding its annual guided walk at Stonea Camp on Wednesday, July 4, at 7.00 pm...
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/whatson/arts/story.aspx?brand=Cambs24&category=--WhatsonGeneric&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=WhatsonArts24&itemid=WEED22%20Jun%202007%2014%3A50%3A31%3A950

Prehistoric Agriculture Tool Unearthed In Bulgaria
Novinite
Bulgaria archaeologists made a unique finding of the prehistoric times near the Ohoden village, the Bulgarian National Radio reported on Friday...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=82191

Biblical Passage And Forensic Analysis Suggest New Theory On Human Remains At Masada
International Herald Tribune
MASADA, Israel: An Israeli anthropologist is using modern forensics and an obscure Biblical passage to challenge the accepted wisdom about mysterious human remains found at Masada, the desert fortress famous as the scene of a mass suicide nearly 2,000 years ago...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/22/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Masada-Revisited.php

The Lichfield Angel - Summary Report From Emily Howe
Diocese of Lichfield
Discovered in 2003, during the excavation of the east end of the Cathedral’s nave, the Lichfield Angel is a remarkable survival of early medieval sculpture. The carved limestone panel, which has been dated to around 800 A.D., comprises three separate fragments which are thought to have formed the corner of a shrine chest, possibly that of St Chad (d.672), whose remains were reburied in a church on the site in the late seventh to early eighth centuries...
http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/pressr/articles/2007/070622c.htm