July 4th News

The week seems to be getting started in terms of the number of new stories being posted.

New Stories as of 10:36 PM:


In A Tug Of War, Ancient Statue Is Symbol Of Patrimony
The New York Times
AIDONE, Sicily — The star attraction of the archaeological museum in this sleepy backwater in central Sicily actually isn’t here...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/arts/design/04dig.html?8dpc

Ancient "Salt Cured" Man Found In Iranian Mine
Kazinform
NEW YORK. July 4. KAZINFORM. Another "natural mummy"—the sixth so far— has emerged in Iran's Chehrabad Salt Mine, archaeologists say...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=153303

Lessons For German Archaeology Students at Side
Today's Zaman
Two German students from Humboldt University in Berlin took advantage of their holidays in the Side district of Antalya to explore the area's rich history and prepare for their archaeology courses in Germany...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=115710

Trust Wants To Protect Historic Remains
Yeovil Express
IT is almost certain that the summit of St Michael's Hill in Montacute was occupied prior to the Norman conquest, but the three key stages of its occupation began in 1068...
http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/display.var.1516440.0.trust_wants_to_protect_historic_remains.php

Call For Cast To Help Solve Mystery Of Medieval Abbey
Evening Telegraph
A Petition has been launched calling for more funding to help solve the mystery of a 12th-century abbey's lost buildings...
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=131596&command=displayContent&sourceNode=124371&contentPK=17731056&folderPk=55129&pNodeId=124522

Major Hereford Archaeological Find To Be Unveiled
24dash.com
A ribbon of fire-cracked stones carefully laid to form a surface and dating back to the same period as Stonehenge has been uncovered during the construction of a road in Herefordshire...
http://www.24dash.com/localgovernment/23504.htm

Archaeologists To Explore Contents Of St. Paul's Tomb
Indian Catholic
Rome (CNA): Pope Benedict XVI has approved plans to examine the interior of an ancient stone coffin, which Vatican archeologists positively identified as that of St. Paul less than two years ago, reported Kath.net. The coffin is beneath the main altar of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The position of the stone coffin has not been altered since the year 390 A.D....
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=8003

DNA To Uncover Mysteries Of Dark Ages Czech Noble Family
Gulf Times
PRAGUE: DNA testing will be used in a unique scientific project to solve a more than a thousand-year mystery over the noble occupants of Dark Age graves in Prague castle, a team of Czech specialists announced yesterday...
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=158922&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
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