July 5th Stories

The discoveries seem to be in the UK today.

New stories since last night as of 11:33 AM:

Italy's Crackdown On Art Looting Keeps Plunderers In Check, For Now
International Herald Tribune
ANGUILLARA SABAZIA, Italy: It used to be so easy for the "tombaroli," Italy's tomb raiders. Pietro Casasanta had no Indiana Jones-type escapes from angry natives or booby-trapped temples. He worked undisturbed in daylight with a bulldozer, posing as a construction worker to become one of Italy's most successful plunderers of archaeological treasures....
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/europe/EU-FEA-GEN-Italy-Tomb-Raider.php

Norwich Palace Is Rediscovered
EDP24
Once it was one of Norwich's most spectacular buildings, home to the Duke of Norfolk and stayed in by Charles II, but it was demolished 300 years ago...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED05%20Jul%202007%2013%3A10%3A54%3A980

Burial Ground Razed By M3 Workers, Claim Protesters
Evening Echo
An ancient burial ground near the Hill of Tara in Co Meath was razed to the ground during overnight work on the controversial M3 motorway, environmentalists claimed today...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=224333618&p=zz43343z4&n=224334378

Archaeologists Set To Unearth Secrets of Scone And Its Kings
Scotsman.com
IT IS one of the most evocative sites in Scotland's turbulent history - the place where Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scots before his victory over the English at Bannockburn...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1046372007

Thracian Palace Found In Perperikon
News.bg
Unknown till now Thracians' palace was found by archaeologists in ‘Perperikon' complex (near the town of Kurdjali in the Rhodopes)...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1517336169

Unique Bronze Age Serpentine Mound Found In Western England
The Hindu
London, July 5 (AP): An archaeologist has made a find in western England that he hopes will help illuminate the ritual life of Britain's Bronze Age inhabitants _ a 60-meter (65-yard) serpentine mound paved with cracked stones believed to be the first of its kind discovered in Europe....
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200707051001.htm
Also posted at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/04/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Archaeology-Find.php

Archaeologists Rise To Solstice Circle Discovery
Scotsman.com
ARCHAEOLOGISTS working on a remote Scottish island have discovered an ancient stone ceremonial enclosure that is perfectly aligned to the winter and summer solstices...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1046352007

Old Serpentine Mound Found In Britain
The Guardian Unlimited
LONDON (AP) - The stones were likely heated in a fire and quickly doused in cold water, cracking before being placed along the serpentine earthen mound. The result: a curving paved structure possibly used in a ritual by Britain's Bronze Age inhabitants...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6757971,00.html
Also posted at:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nationandworld/ci_6299439

Egypt To Use DNA Tests To Identify Pharaoh Tuthmosis
Yahoo News
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will run DNA tests on an unidentified mummy to determine whether it is the pharaoh Tuthmosis I, who ruled over a period of military expansion and extensive construction, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/sc_nm/egypt_mummy_dc;_ylt=AtJkT3kOZgjl2VhGSYsDNBYhANEA