Saturday, August 11, 2007

August 11th News

The possible Irish brewery seems to be the big story today. However, it's not the only story so far today.

New stories as of 10:01 PM:

Viking Replica Ship To Arrive In Ireland
The Post
After six weeks at sea, 65 crew members will row the Sea Stallion Viking ship up the Liffey this week...
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=25832-qqqx=1.asp

Modern Vikings Replica In Epic Journey
The Independent
An extraordinary voyage by a team of archaeologists and historians has begun to solve some of the greatest riddles of the Viking age. On Tuesday, a giant Viking warship, an exact replica of one built nearly 1,000 years ago, will complete a 1,200-mile trip from Scandinavia to Ireland...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2856867.ece

New stories as of 11:36 AM:

Sending Them Home
The Economist
THE Getty Museum in Los Angeles agreed to return 40 of its treasures to Italy earlier this month, resolving a dispute that had rumbled on for several years. The Italian government argued that all the items had been stolen or looted in the first place...
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9637669

Borders Fixed For 2 Ancient Sites In Ioannina
Athens News Agency
Greece's culture ministry this week announced decisions delineating the boundaries of two noted archaeological sites in Ioannina prefecture, in the northwest Epirus province, and specifically, for the Passarona and Tekmonos (Τκω) sites...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=5596820&maindocimg=4372138&service=100

Archaeologists Battle Against All Odds To Save Allianoi
Turkish Daily News
Days ahead of the flooding due to the creation of the Yortanlı dam, archeologists battle to gain the right to excavate before the ancient thermal city of Allianoi is lost forever...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=80597

How Bronze Age Man Enjoyed His Pint
BBC News
Bronze Age Irishmen were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6941951.stm

Bodies Found During Park Restoration
Evening Star24
PEOPLE relaxing on the front lawn of Ipswich's Christchurch Park today may be in for a shock - for just 30 centimetres below them lie the remains of up to 100 bodies...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED10%20Aug%202007%2013%3A54%3A03%3A707

Bodies Found In Ipswich Park
Evening Star24
PICNICKERS using Ipswich's favourite park could be forgiven for choking on their sandwiches today after it emerged the skeletons of up to 100 people are lying just centimetres below them...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED10%20Aug%202007%2014%3A08%3A13%3A563

Bronze Age Brewery
Channel 4 News
Bronze Age Irish men were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, according to two archaeologists...
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/general/water_cooler_moments/bronze+age+brewery/668657

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