July 6th News

Actually finding any real news is turning into a challenge today. Most of what's coming up in the searches is about the votes for the new seven wonders contest.

New stories since last night (as of 10:55 AM):

Greeks On The Black Sea At The J. Paul Getty Center
Artline.ro
The J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, USA, is hosting until September 3 2007 a fascinating exhibition dedicated to the civilisation of the Greeks at the Black Sea, were they were colonists, conquerors, sailors and merchants...
http://jurnal-international.artline.ro/2_596_Greeks_on_the_Black_Sea_at_the_J__Paul_Getty_Center_12803.html

History Being Unearthed In Ancient Hadrianoupolis
Turkish Daily News
The ancient city of Hadrianoupolis, located in the Black Sea province of Karabük, is bidding to become a source of income for tourism in Eskipazar � a district of Karabük...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=76739

Italy Gets Tough On 'Tomb Raiders'
Canoe.ca
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...
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2007/07/06/4317610-sun.html
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http://www.onelocalnews.com/howelltimesandtranscript/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=130252
http://www.townhall.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?contentGUID=733a698a-41db-48f2-ae5a-4b6be5e07b4d
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6759777,00.html

Celtic Village Found On Park And Ride Site
Cambridge Evening News
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a Celtic village close to Milton.
The late Iron Age site is believed to have been the first settlement in the area and with many Britons still boasting Celtic blood in their veins, this may have been where ancestors of current Milton, Landbeach and Cottenham once lived....
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2007/07/05/3bae2460-19f8-4ec0-8bb7-449ee02ae178.lpf

Outcry As Burial Ground Razed "Under Cover Of Night"
The Independent
AN ancient burial ground near the Hill of Tara - said to be more impressive than the national monument discovered in recent months - has been destroyed....
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/outcry-as-burial-ground-razed-under-cover-of-night-993522.html

Mummy Reveals Egyptian Queen Was Fat, Balding And Bearded
LiveScience
There’s a new gal in town and she’s 17,000-years-old. Last week, Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, announced that the mummy of an elderly female from tomb KV60 in the Valley of the Kings was surely Hatshepsut, female pharaoh of Egypt in the 15th century B.C...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070706_hn_hatshepsut.html

Duke's Palace Uncovered
The Advertiser
EXCITING glimpses of Norwich's hidden history have been uncovered by archaeologists working at a city centre development....
http://www.advertiser24.co.uk/content/advertiser24/news/story.aspx?brand=NOROnline&category=News&tBrand=NOROnline&tCategory=News&itemid=NOED06%20Jul%202007%2009%3A33%3A37%3A200