August 19th News

Some older stories today, and also some new ones. Not too bad for a day which is usually slow for news.

New stories as of 11:54 AM:

Classical Greek Sculpture Shown In Athens
Spero News
Following a debut at the Louvre, the marvelous works of 4th C. BC sculptor Praxiteles is on exhibit in Athens until October 31. Works collected from the British Museum, the Vatican and Capitolium museums are displayed...
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=31&idsub=133&id=10739&t=Classical+Greek+sculpture+shown+in+Athens

Excavation Planned For Phoenician City
Science Daily
SANTA GIUSTA, Italy, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A Phoenician settlement on the Italian island of Sardinia may soon yield some of its secrets to archaeologists...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070818-18453200-bc-italy-phoenicians.xml
Also published at:
http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20070819/Excavation_planned_for_Phoenician_city-id-108263.html
http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/58775
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/science/article_21298366.shtml
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1344808.php/Excavation_planned_for_Phoenician_city
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/08/18/excavation_planned_for_phoenician_city/4609/

Historical Sites Threat From The Rising Tides
Telegraph.co.uk
Hundreds of historical sites will be lost forever as a result of coastal erosion and rising sea levels, heritage experts have warned...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/19/narchae219.xml

The Oldest Beads In The World
50 Connect
The discovery of small perforated sea shells in the Cave of Pigeons in Taforalt, eastern Morocco, shows that the use of bead adornments in North Africa is older than previously thought...
http://50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http%3A//50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/genealogy_index.asp%3Fsc%3Dhist%26aID%3D16289