August 10th News

There's a wide range of stories so far today. Some from previous days, and some new ones as well.

New stories as of 2:43 PM:

Monument May Have Been Brewery
Tyrone Times
Bronze Age Irish men were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed...
http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/latest-irish-news?articleid=3103767

Pompeii Exhibit Bound For Museum Of Art In October
NBC13.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The largest collection of artifacts from the ancient city of Pompeii and environs ever to leave Italy will be shown at the Birmingham Museum of Art October 14, 2007 to January 27, 2008...
http://www.nbc13.com/gulfcoastwest/vtm/features.apx.-content-articles-VTM-2007-08-10-0020.html

Huge Quake Lurks Off Lebanese Coast
Discovery News
Aug. 9, 2007 — The source of one of history's most catastrophic events, the tsunami-generating 551 A.D. Beirut-Tripoli earthquake, lies dangerously just four miles off Lebanon's coast, according to a new underwater survey by an international team of geophysicists...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/09/bigquake_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070809093030

New stories as of 11:22 AM:

Discovery Of Middle Asia Cities Recasts Ancient History
LiveScience
New discoveries at dig sites in Middle Asia are rocking the archeological world and redefining the origins of modern civilization...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070809_origins_civilization.html

Huge Hadrian Statue Found In Turkish Archaeological Dig
CBC.ca
Pieces of a giant, detailed statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian have been unearthed at an archeological dig in the ancient city of Sagalassos, in south-central Turkey...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/08/10/hadrian-statue.html

Archaeologists Recreate Ancient Irish Beer
IndiPRWire
Billy Quinn and Declan Moore, two archaeologists with Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services (Moore Group) in Galway, believe that an extensive brewing tradition existed in Ireland as far back as 2500 BC. In an article to be published in Archaeology Ireland next month, they detail their experiments and research into the enigmatic site that is the fulacht fiadh...
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/environmental-services/200708104056.htm

Remains of 8000 Year Old Stone Age Settlement Found Under English Channel
Daily India
Washington, Aug 10: Archaeologists have found the remains of a busy Stone Age settlement dating back 8000 years on the floor of the English Channel...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/164554.php/Remains-of-8000-year-old-Stone-Age-settlement-found-under-English-Channel

Underwater Stone Age Village Found Near Isle Of Wight
China View
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Erosion on the seabed of the English Channel near the Isle of Wight is uncovering the remains of a thriving Stone Age village from the time when Britain and Europe were still connected by a land bridge, a team of archaeologists reports...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/10/content_6508647.htm

Ancient Monument May Have Been Bronze Age Brewery
Evening Echo
Two Galway archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments around Ireland may have been used for brewing ale...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=187335360&p=y8733594x&n=187335969

Excavating An Emperor
BBC Focus
Only the head, foot and leg of the statue of Hadrian have been unearthed so far, but the excavators can already see that the effigy is exquisitely carved and stood 4-5m tall. The monument is dated to the early part of Hadrian’s reign – roughly AD117 – and was found under the ruins of a bath house at the archaeological site of Sagalassos in south-western Turkey...
http://www.focusmag.co.uk/newsread.asp?ID=32946

English Were Dedicated Followers Of French Fashion 1,400 Years Ago
Times Online
The British, it seems, have assiduously followed European fashion trends for years. It now turns out that it may have been for centuries...
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article2231406.ece

Mummy Birds Recovered From Egypt Factory
National Geographic News
Egyptian antiquities authorities have obtained eight mummified birds that had been displayed in a textile factory for nearly a century...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070809-mummy-birds.html