August 17th News

It's a slow day today, or at least it seems that way.

New stories as of 1:46 PM:

Ancient Calpe Surfaces
Round Town News
This summer dozens of students from all over Europe visited the Marina Alta town to toil in the sunshine as volunteer labour for the residential experts. Work took place on the slopes of the famous Penon de Ifach landmark -where remains of a 4th Century church has been discovered along with artefacts of a community dating back to 700 BC - and surrounding site of the Queen's Baths...
http://www.roundtownnews.co.uk/content/view/12224/34/

Volunteer Archaeologists Unearth An Ancient Tomb In Italy
International Herald Tribune
CASENOVOLE, Italy: The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archeology student who had identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/17/europe/tuscany.php

Artefact May Have Been Smuggled Abroad
United Press International
ROME, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The search for an ancient third statue is picking up 35 years after the Riace bronzes were rescued from their watery resting place, Italian authorities said...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/08/17/artifact_may_have_been_smuggled_abroad/5737/

Ancient Tablet Vouches For Biblical King
Discovery News
Aug. 16, 2007 — Non-biblical evidence for individuals named in the Bible is rare, particularly for people who were not royals. But an ancient Babylonian tablet provides further proof that a king and his servant — both named in the Book of Jeremiah — existed in the 6th century B.C...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/16/tablet_his.html?category=history&guid=20070816151500