July 25th News

There's a range of different topics today, all of them interesting. I hope to see more on the discoveries at Alexandria.

New stories as of 9:44 PM:

Ancient Alexandria Older Than We Thought?
Bits of News
New evidence suggests that Alexandria could much older than historians had thought. Archaeologists have discovered material suggesting that the site was home to a major settlement for seven hundred years or more before the time of Alexander...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5895/

New stories as of 9:11 PM:

Spiral wall motifs reveal Çatalhöyük migration
Today's Zaman
In the course of an excavation project currently under way at Çatalhöyük, researchers have recently discovered a burial chamber and wall paintings that echo spiral motifs first seen on ancient seals and kitchen utensils...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=117686

New stories as of 11:32 AM:

Two-Storey Roman Baths Found
ShortNews
Archaeologists have found ancient Roman baths believed to have belonged to Quintus Servillus, the ancient Roman equivalent of a billionaire. The baths are the largest found so far, and were discovered at the Villa delle Vignacce park...
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=63795

Dig Reveals "Billionaire's" Roman Villa With Baths
Reuters India
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Archaeologists have uncovered a tycoon's mansion outside central Rome with its very own bath complex -- the ancient Roman equivalent of owning a fleet of Ferraris or a private jet as a way of showing off wealth...
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-28633020070724

Ancient Egyptian Ball Game Discovered
Discovery News
July 25, 2007 — Throwing stone balls along a lane might have been a popular game in ancient Egypt, according to evidence unearthed some 56 miles south of Cairo by Italian archaeologists...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/25/game_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070725111500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Hidden City Found Beneath Alexandria
LiveScience
The legendary city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great as he swept through Egypt in his quest to conquer the known world...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070724_before_alexandria.html