Monday, July 2, 2007

July 2nd News

I'm sorry about missing yesterday's update, but I didn't have internet access for most of the day.
I wonder what new stories there will be in this new month?

New stories as of 11:04 AM:

Acropolis Museum Set To Move To New Site
RIA Novosti
ATHENS, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Athens' Acropolis archeological museum has closed its doors to the public to prepare its collection for transportation to a new site a few hundred yards down the hill, Greece's Culture Ministry said Monday...
http://en.rian.ru/culture/20070702/68181384.html

Museum On Acropolis Closes For Big Move
Kathimerini
The Acropolis Museum next to the Parthenon will close today so that preparations can get under way for the transfer of some 300 ancient artifacts to the new museum that is being built just 400 meters away, the Culture Ministry said on Saturday...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100016_02/07/2007_85173

Relic On Show In Home Country
Coventry Telegraph
AN ANCIENT religious cross has been returned to Warwickshire for the first time since it was discovered in the county more than a century ago...
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0150swarksnews/tm_headline=relic-on-show-in-home-county&method=full&objectid=19392200&siteid=50003-name_page.html

Cross Returns To The Country
Redditch News
AN ancient cross discovered in Alcester more than a century ago is returning to Warwick-shire...
http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/display.var.1512156.0.0.php

France's Earliest Winery Found
Decanter.com
Roman ruins found in southern France have been declared remnants of the country's earliest known winery...
http://www.decanter.com/news/127087.html

5,000 Years-Old Golden Adornments Found Near Karlovo Town
News.bg
Golden adornments at the age of 5,000 years were found in archaeological excavations near the village of Dubene (Karlovo district, Central Bulgaria, Southern from Stara Planina Mountain)...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_433535365

5,000-Year-Old Golden Architectural Decoration Unearthed In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
A team of archaeologist of Bulgaria's National Historical Museum unearthed Monday a 5000-years-old golden architectural ornamentation near the village of Dabene...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=82541

Replica Viking Warship Sets Sail For Irish Homecoming
The Independent
The Vikings are coming. But this time it's in pursuit of scientific knowledge rather than the usual fare of rape and pillage...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2727876.ece

Replica Norse Warship Sets Sail For Dublin
Spiegel Online
A legendary Viking warship has been reconstructed and has set off to retrace the ancient voyage to the Irish capital Dublin, originally a Viking settlement...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,491759,00.html

Pharaoh Hatshepsut Died In Pain
Discovery News
July 2, 2007 —Obese, plagued with decayed teeth and perhaps a skin disease, Queen Hatshepsut might have spent her last days in pain, according to a preliminary examination of the 3,000-year-old mummy thought to be that of Egypt's greatest female pharaoh...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/02/sickmummy_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070702133030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

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