August 20th News

People have been gumming up the works for at least five thousand years now. However, there's other news to chew on today as well. Lots of it.

New stories as of 4:47 PM:

Scientists Find Ancient Chewing Gum In Finland
CTV.ca
HELSINKI, Finland -- Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps dates back thousands of years. Last month, students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age birch-bark tar, believed to have been used for chewing and to fix broken arrowheads or clay dishes, archaeologists said Monday...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070820/ancient_gum_070820/20070820?hub=SciTech
Also published at:
http://www.newsone.ca/piercelandherald/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=39718
http://www.columbian.com/news/APStories/AP08202007news186071.cfm
http://www.onelocalnews.com/akronfarmreport/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=154796
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Science/2007/8/20/scientists_find_ancient_gum_in_finland.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FINLAND_ANCIENT_GUM?SITE=TNCHA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-08-20-16-03-30
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1501AP_Finland_Ancient_Gum.html

Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 'Oldest Human Footprint'
The Courier Mail
EGYPTIAN archaeologists have found what they said could be the oldest human footprint in history in the country's western desert, the Arab country's antiquities' chief said overnight...
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22280917-954,00.html
Also published at:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22280917-663,00.html

New stories as of 1:14 PM:

Ancient Human Footprint Found
IOL
Egyptian archaeologists have found what they said could be the oldest human footprint in history in the country's western desert, the Arab country's antiquities' chief said on Monday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070820183015779C298328

Illuminating A Dark Period Of History
The Australian
BETWEEN the collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation and the epics of Homer lay centuries of mystery known as the Greek Dark Ages...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22277026-16947,00.html

Ancient Hide-Out Uncovered In Albania
USA Today
Looking to get it away from it all? Consider Albania. An archaeology team reports that the mountains of northern Albania, perhaps the most remote place left in Europe, have been a hide-out for a surprisingly long time...
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-08-19-albania_N.htm

Medieval Treasures Travel To Getty
HULIQ
Rare examples of decorative works of gold and silver, armor, carved ivories, enamels, sculpture, paintings and illuminated manuscripts from the 3rd through the 16th centuries will be on view in Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, October 30, 2007 - January 20, 2008, providing an unprecedented opportunity for West Coast audiences to view these extraordinary objects outside of Cleveland...
http://www.huliq.com/30960/medieval-treasures-travel-to-getty


Student Discovers Stone Age Chewing Gum
IOL
London - People in the New Stone Age chewed gum, British scientists have told the BBC...
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=nw20070820161019577C913233

Student Finds 5000-Year-Old Chewing-Gum
Functionpix.com
Early Stone-Age man chewed gum, say British archaeologists. The discovery is based on a find by an archaeology student of a lump of 5000-year-old birch-resin gum, with teeth-marks still preserved, at a dig in western Finland...
http://functionpix.com/index.php/article/Student_finds_5000-year-old_chewing-gum/1579/
Also published at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/95704.html

5000-Year-Old Chewing Gum Discovered By Archaeology Student
EUX.TV
London (dpa) - People in the New Stone Age were already chewing gum, British scientists told the BBC on Monday...
http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=13007
Also published at:
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1345266.php/5000-year-old_chewing_gum_discovered_by_archaeology_student

Student Unearths Neolithic Chewing Gum
ABC News
A British archaeology student has discovered what has being described as one of the oldest pieces of chewing gum ever found...
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/21/2010370.htm?section=justin

Neolithic Humans Also Had Chewie On Their Boots
The Age
A 5000-year-old piece of chewing gum — one of the oldest ever discovered — has been found by a British archaeology student...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/neolithic-humans-also-had-chewie-on-their-boots/2007/08/20/1187462172982.html
Also published at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/20/archaeology
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/ancient-chewie-leaves-experts-gobsmacked/2007/08/20/1187462176038.html

Student Unearths World's Oldest Chewing Gum
Medindia.com
A Scottish archaeology student had lady luck shining down on her during a dig in Europe when she discovered a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum...
http://www.medindia.net/news/Student-Unearths-Worlds-Oldest-Chewing-Gum-25237-1.htm
Also published at:
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/166996.php/Student-discovers-Neolithic-chewing-gum
http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/275017/cs/1/

Student Dig Unearths Ancient Gum
BBC News
A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6954562.stm

Why Stone Age Man Was A Far Craftier Chap Than We Thought
The Daily Mail
A burrowing lobster has given scientists a brand new insight into the lives of our Stone Age ancestors...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476457&in_page_id=1770

The 5000-Year-Old Chewing Gum
The Scotsman
A SCOTTISH archaeology student has discovered a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum while on a dig in Europe...
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1316032007

World's Oldest Chewing Gum Found
Metro.co.uk
Spitting out chewing gum on the street is a widely despised habit that can land you with a fine...
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=62207&in_page_id=34

5,000-Year-Old Chewing Gum Found (Used)
Discovery News
Aug. 20, 2007 — A Stone Age piece of chewing gum, one of the oldest ever to be discovered, has been found by a Scottish archaeology student in Finland...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/20/ancientgum_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070820151500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Archaeologists Find Stone Age Chewing Gum In Finland
PR-Inside
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps dates back thousands of years.
Last month, students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age birch-bark tar, believed to have been used for chewing and to fix broken arrowheads or clay dishes, archaeologists said Monday.
http://www.pr-inside.com/archaeologists-find-stone-age-chewing-gum-r202745.htm

Discovery Channel Shooting Stirs Up Scandal In Bulgaria
Sofia News Agency
A Bulgarian top archaeologist has reacted strongly to the concept a Discovery Channel team has picked for a film about the ancient Thracian culture...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84399

Scandal With Discovery Channel: Enough With This Thracian Gold
News.bg
We should not allow to be treated as aborigines. This claimed the archaeologist prof. Nicolay Ovcharov in relation to the film about the Thracians that Discovery Channel is shooting...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1859499258

Excavation Planned For Phoenician City
Physorg
A Phoenician settlement on the Italian island of Sardinia may soon yield some of its secrets to archaeologists...
http://www.physorg.com/news106809371.html